#576 of 1001 · February 27, 2022

The hazy beauty of a child’s dreamscape is neatly distilled in Peter McCarty’s Moon Plane. A young boy looks up to see a plane flying overhead. He imagines himself inside the plane, soaring through the air. In the boy’s pretend narrative, the plane leaves the earth’s atmosphere and travels to the moon, where he explores the surface as an astronaut. Finally, he returns to earth and steps out of his dramatic play to greet his mother with a hug. With gentle, soothing text and soft-textured grayscale illustrations, McCarty captures the quiet delight inherent in the world of childhood games. #moon #plane #airplane #fly #flying #flight #imagination #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookillustrations #picturebookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks