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If You Like...The Moon

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It was a full moon yesterday! Looking up at the night sky is the perfect evening activity as the weather starts to get warmer. This month's full moon was a pink moon--the first full moon of spring! In May, we'll have a blue moon, which only happens once every few years. If you love looking at the moon in the night sky, check out these books!


By Naomi Woodward and Rachel Gregg
San Francisco, CA: Blue Dot Kids Press, 2026. Picture book.

Two siblings set off on a dream adventure into space with their cat, exploring the celestial oceans they find on the surface of the moon. Their lunar landing leads them to dancing moon crabs, past nodding jelly moons, and under a sky of whale-shaped constellations. Muted illustrations bring their intergalactic dreamscape to life.


By Jennifer Ann Richter
New York: Holiday House, 2026. Fiction. 265 pgs.
Priscilla has dreamed of going into space for her entire life. When she finally has the chance to go to the moon and work with the legendary scientific labs there, she is ecstatic--until she realizes that the trip isn't as research-focused as promised. Instead, it is being treated as a celebrity vacation. Priscilla decides she must team up with an old frenemy in order to bring the spotlight back from tourism to the science in Moon Village. 


Wild Moon
Written by Andie Powers
Illustrated by Lucy Rose
Kaysville, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2025. Informational. 

Narrated by the moon, this informational picture book explains each of the moon's phases in depth. Each richly illustrated spread introduces the phase with lyrical text, then includes several asides about the phase's impacts on wildlife and animal behavior.


How to Survive on the Moon
Written by Joalda Morancy
Illustrated by Aaron Cushley
New York: Neon Squid, 2025. Informational. 48 pgs.

Written by a real rocket scientist, this handbook is the practical guide for future astronauts planning their visit to the moon. Readers will learn how to stay safe from dangerous radiation, avoid hazards like asteroids and dust, and grow food to develop a new lunar colony.
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