#714 of 1001 · July 15, 2022

There’s something magical about the twilight hours on a summer evening. The hazy warmth, the soft sounds, the slowly dimming light…all these sensations and more are captured in Janice May Udry and Maurice Sendak’s The Moon Jumpers. Four children head outside after dinner to run around and tumble in the yard around the house. Reveling in the dusk, they sing, dance, play tag, climb trees, and tell ghost stories, watched all the while by a curious pet cat. By the time they are called inside again, they have named themselves the Moon Jumpers. They say goodnight to the moon, their parents, and each other before dropping off to sleep. Udry captures the authentic joy in the children’s voices, while Sendak depicts an ethereal landscape of moonlit grass in alternating black-and-white and color illustrations. #moon #jumpers #jumper #jump #night #child #children #play #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks