In this beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky tale by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers; the Man in the Moon looks down on the happy; dancing people on Earth every night; wishing he could join them. He hitches a ride on a passing comet and crash-lands on Earth; where he quickly finds himself thrown into jail by people who take him for an invader; rather than a friendly visitor. The Moon Man; however; has a most unusual – but perfectly logical – means of escape; and sets out to make his way back home.With gentle satire; Ungerer pokes fun at self-important adults who are afraid of anything or anyone unfamiliar and reminds us that there is indeed no place like home. On its first publication in the US in 1967; at the height of the Space Race; Moon Man won the Book Week prize for books for children aged 4–8; and Maurice Sendak described it in Book Week as 'Easily one of the best picture books in recent years' Since then; it has been translated into 12 languages.
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Moon Man In Black
In this beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky tale by one of the world's best-loved and acclaimed storytellers; the Man in the Moon looks down on the happy; dancing people on Earth every night; wishing he could join them. He hitches a ride on a passing comet and crash-lands on Earth; where he quickly finds himself thrown into jail by people who take him for an invader; rather than a friendly visitor. The Moon Man; however; has a most unusual – but perfectly logical – means of escape; and sets out to make his way back home.With gentle satire; Ungerer pokes fun at self-important adults who are afraid of anything or anyone unfamiliar and reminds us that there is indeed no place like home. On its first publication in the US in 1967; at the height of the Space Race; Moon Man won the Book Week prize for books for children aged 4–8; and Maurice Sendak described it in Book Week as 'Easily one of the best picture books in recent years' Since then; it has been translated into 12 languages.
