#345 of 1001 · July 11, 2021

There’s a certain magic to that hazy hour when night has fallen and it’s time to return to the warmth and comfort of home. That magic is deftly captured by @idapearle in The Moon Is Going to Addy’s House. It is the early evening. Addy’s mother arrives to pick her up from a playdate at her friend’s house. The moon appears to be following the family as they drive their car out of the city beneath towering buildings, across a long bridge over a wide body of water, past hills and valleys, all the way to their house. After a bath, Addy dances, flips, and twirls outside before going in for bed. Pearle’s spare dialogue and internal narration place us immediately in the action along with the characters, while the spots, streaks, and swirls of the cut-paper collage art gift the story with a luminous, poetic grace. #moon #house #car #city #bridge #hills #home #bath #bed #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks