Simple enough that an older child would have no problem reading It nor young children listening to it but it has a beauty in how it’s written. The illustrations alone could tell the tale. It is not until a major plot point when Earth brightens. The only time this does not hold true is one small sketch with children on Earth. His choice to have pictures with Pitch in black and white (they look like charcoal) while most of the others are brightly colored paintings or if sketches more bluish or other colors is interesting. I love simplicity but these tales need that age and richness the artwork bestows. They have a richness and depth that recent treads in picture books have moved away from and I have to say I have missed. I’m leaning towards the latter as they are some of the most expressive and detailed pictures I’ve seen in a while. I can’t decide which characteristic of the book is better, the writing or the illustrations. The rest of the story chronicles how he grows up and comes to care for the green and blue planet below him and its people. However Pitch, the King of Nightmares is after them and manages to be stopped only at great cost, leaving MiM alone but for the Moonbots, Glow Worms, and Moonmice. Nightlight guarded MIM’s dreams, keeping him safe from nightmares – the first Guardian. We learn about his happy early childhood with his parents and his friend Nightlight as they fly across the galaxy in their Moon Clipper which turns into a moon at rest.
The story itself is presented simply but there is much to be learned. *NOTE* I found it intriguing that in the first illustrated page of the first book that came out, Jack Frost is prominently shown even though he’s first appearance is as far as I know in the movie that came out after this. So I was very excited to pierce the shadow, so to speak, surrounding this seemingly important character.
In the movie, Man in Moon (MiM) as North calls him, is an enigma a shadowy figure who they know much about but the viewer ignorant of the books knows little about. I am soooo thankful I did as these might be some of the best picture books I’ve seen in years. What I found in the Santa Claus chapter book impressed me and when I had the chance to check out the picture books, I did. I immediately fell in love with what the author was trying to do and sought out the books to see what he’d already done with these retellings and revitalizations of familiar figures of our childhood. North review, I had no knowledge of this series until the movie was being advertised and only watched the DVD a month and some ago. * Photos/Illustrations - 10 (wish it could be higher!)Īs stated in my Nicholas St.
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