Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me

by Eric Carle

Book Overview

A father will move heaven and earth to delight his daughter in this beloved tale from children's book legend Eric Carle. Monica wants to play with the moon, but she can't quite seem to reach it. This story literally unfolds as the pages extend both outward and upward, and readers will empathize with Monica's longing for the moon as well as be reassured by her father's willingness to try to make her dream come true.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088708026X
• ISBN13: 9780887080265
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Book

This book is a gift to my nephew. I think he is going to love this book. I loved it. It is gorgeous and with a great story.

Papa, please get the moon for me

My girls love this book so much because it involves the father who is sent by the daughter to catch the moon for her , they just love the whole book.

Sweet Book. Another Carle Classic!

I have 20-month old twins who absolutely adore this book. We got it out from the library and they've wanted me to read it to them every day...many times a day. They love the pictures and how the pages flip up or down. They are facinated with the moon and the stars. They may not exactly understand yet what this book is about, however, it gets them interested in reading. We own many of Eric Carle books and this is one of my (and their)personal favorites. It really is timeless. A great story! I would be careful letting your really young children play with this one alone since the pages are thin and easily ripped. It is one to read to them and put away after you're done.

another beautiful active book from Eric Carle

Author Eric Carle (The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider) excels in creating books that offer children more than words on a page -- he consistently incorporates additional elements (lights, holes(!), textures) that make the books even more interesting to thirsty little minds.In this book, a smaller portable version of the original, a girl asks her father for the moon. Fold-out pages complement Carle's unique illustrative style as we discover a looooooong ladder that reaches to the moon and back, and a magnificent four-page center spread revealing the full moon in all its glory.This fantastic tale for young children is sure to delight parents and kids.

Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me

My two and a half year old son loved this book too apart from Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This book speaks volumes for little ones - it is no longer wishful thinking for them to "get at" the moon. Yet another gem from Eric Carle and I am glad that his book did not disappoint. Books like this are rare because it takes a gifted writer to perceive things from a child's view and most of us have grown so up and old to ever remember what it was like and what mattered to us when we were children.

An engaging book

My daughter's Kindergarten teacher recommended this book because it seems the kids really take to it. My daughter, who is 4, said it's a really, really funny book. I personally love the large format of the hardback edition, because the foldout ladder after all has to be very big, to reach the moon.

I loved it, the best book for kids!!

When I was a child, I loved the moon and I always wanted the moon so I loved this book a lot. It really is a good book for kids. Eric Carle is a really good author, I love his books. they are very well writen!