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If You Were the Moon

If You Were the Moon

If You Were the Moon - children's book about the moon

What would you do if you were the moon? Rest quietly in the sky? No way!

The moon does so much!  It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a path for baby sea turtles. Discover many roles the moon plays in this whimsical  children’s book about the moon. If you’ve ever thought the moon was beautiful…JUST beautiful, then this book will reveal the many crucial ways the moon affects our planet.

Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrator: Jaime Kim
Publisher: Millbrook Press, 2017
ISBN: 9781467780094

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Awards & Recognition

* Keystone to Reading Primary Book
* finalist for 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize
* Scholastic Book Club edition
* Texas Library Association Texas Topaz Reading List for nonfiction gems
*  New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2017

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* Kirkus review
* Bookology Bookstorm for The Stuff of Stars
* Reading Rockets: Little Projects Inspired by the Big Moon
* Pinterest board for educators with more reviews, activities, etc.

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Signed, personalized books?

You can get them easy peasy! Just order through Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, MN! I'll zip by and sign it for you, and they'll send it on its way. Click on any book below to order.

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A Can Be… Project for Students

Looking for a terrific student informational writing project? Use Laura's Can Be... books as mentor texts, and watch students dive in to informational writing through classroom or individual books. This is a great project for research, text structure, patterns, and integrating illustrations and text. Click here for info about writing nonfiction Can Be... books at school. Includes a video, templates, and complete lesson plan!

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