Alastair Graham's Full Moon Afloat: All Aboard for the Craziest Cruise of Your Life

by Alastair Graham

A chef is rescued at sea by the S.S. Splendide and one night under a full moon, after he takes a sip of his special soup, strange and ridiculous things begin to happen aboard the ship.

Genres: Picture Books, Fantasy

32 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1994

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Alastair Graham is a prolific illustrator of children’s books who worked in animation and advertising before beginning a career in illustration. He lives with his wife, Diane, in the English countryside, hemmed in by sheep, CD’s and freshly sawn trees.

Reviews

[Tom Loock · Rating 5 out of 5]

After years of searching for it, I was finally able to grab an affordable copy of this elusive sequel to Full Moon Soup.

Essentially it's more of the same, though it gets even more crazy, and then some. The author (= artist) has created a connection to 'Full Moon Soup' and it doesn't matter at all that it is rather far-fetched.

Again the joy is in discovering a sequence of events: You study the two-page scene with a hundred little scenes, events and characters to discover; this includes - like in the previous book - framed pictures on the wall and pieces of equipment that may just come to life. Then you can go back and forth: how did this come about, what happened and - what will become of it?

Full Moon Afloat: All Aboard for the Craziest Cruise of Your Life! is great fun and comes with my full recommendations.

PS: I wish the publisher would reprint this as a hardback.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nostalgic- this was a childhood book of mine and I have just spent 2 hours searching for it after vividly remembering part of it but with no recollection of the title. Gutted that it is out of print so hoping I can find my childhood copy at some point. I loved how detailed it is and how you can make up your own story.

[FallibleReadings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvelous

[Iben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gensyn med barndommen.