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Softly washed with the richness of indigo, dusky blues, royal purple, and a dazzling golden sandstone, this gorgeous picture book has the feel of an old-time fairy tale, dusted all the way through with the splendor of starlight, myth and magic.

As our hero, a little girl named Max, led by her nightly love of moon-watching, awash in the comfort and joy it provides her, sets her mind to find a way capture and hold near its very specialness, she embarks on a plan to fashion a lasso that will help her do exactly that.

After a few false starts, Max finds she is successful. Of a sort.

For it doesn’t take long for Max to realize that the orb she has managed to capture and drag down to Earth cannot shine brightly down from its terrestrial footing, but needs the magic of its place in the sky, with its friends the Sun and the orbiting planets, to work its wonders.

For long ago, the Sun and the Moon, friends of the much-loved planet Earth, made a special “deal”, a union of love and incontrovertible majesty, bigger and more wondrous than a single girl can seize for her very own.

“The sun would shine its light on the Earth to feed the plants and give life, and the Moon would hold the Earth steady, carry the tides back and forth, and protect the Earth from meteors.”

As she struggles to find a way to set the Moon free again, Max internalizes a powerful lesson, – one that will resonate with moon-delighted children (and their bedazzled parents) everywhere – there is magic and beauty all around us, made infinitely more wonderful by the act of sharing.

A great big thank you to the author, illustrator and the publisher for an ARC of this glorious book. All thoughts presented are my own.

Written by Amanda Mireles
Illustrated by Sasha Masharova