Get Your Copy If You Had Your Birthday Party On The Moon Articulated By Joyce Lapin Released Through Digital Paper

have been cordially invite to a birthday party on the moon! Learn about how the lowgravity environment makes activities more fun as well as special scientific facts about outer space.
Who wouldnt want a birthday party on the moon

Recommended for grades Knd, Lexile Level: N/A
ed by Christine Hwang, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library
A party on the moon becomes that much better when mixed with loads of information and fun moon facts.


While this book appears to be a cute story about a birthday party on the moon, it's so much more, The author takes listeners to a trip on the moon, speaking to them as if they are having a party there with their favorite guests, While the usually party things such as balloons, cake and games are present, none of these function quite the way they do on Earth, It starts with the rocket ride, the real surprises such a trip entails such as distance, speed and lack of gravity before settling on the moon,

The excitement of a party keeps a light, delightful atmosphere while facts and information are dribbled in about everything from the moon's surface to its rotation to items other astronauts have left behind.
While many of these facts glide right in with the story, there are extra tidbits here and there throughout the illustrations,

The illustrations are bright, fun and dance on the edge of reality, The kids are fun to watch as they party and explore, which invites young listeners to dream of bouncing around on the moon themselves, Still, the illustrations hold a touch of more realistic details to give young listeners an idea of what the moon looks like,

This is a fun book not only for moon and space fans, but a great way to introduce kids in general to some outer space information.


I received a complimentary copy and we enjoyed reading this tale as well as learning about the moon so much that I'm leaving my honest thoughts.
This cute book shares a balance of reality and fiction,

Reality:
This book takes place on the moon, It shares with children what it's like on the moon from lack of wind to other important elements, In addition, for children who want to read more, this book offers some fun facts,

Fiction:
The overall story line is tons of fun, The story is about a child who wants to have a party in a place no one had done before, It is very engaging and cute to read,

Note:
This book contains a lot of words, I would recommend reading it to an older child or a child who has a longer attention space,

Overall:
This book is adorable, I loved the cute tale of having a party on the moon, In addition the cute tale, this book offered a lot of learning moments, They were not overwhelming, but rather planted the seeds for children to question and explore more outside of the book, A great book to own,

I received this book in exchange for an honest review, All opinions are mine and were in no way influenced by outside sources, I am a professional blogger at Little Lady Plays Interesting idea or speculation of what it would be like to have your birthday party on the moon, There are moon facts and a glossary at the back, Weightlessness, rockets, atmosphere, space suits and what you might do there with illustrations at the back of things you might find there and wear to go there, This book, for it's clever and fun concept, is simply way too

long, Kids love parties and they love space, but the printing on this book is hard to read because it has to be so small to fit all the text in.
Not sure why the factsladen text also needed sidebars, The art is super cute, though, Cute story interspersed with cool facts about the moon, A cute text that is informational and narrative at the same time, this would be incredible for my students, While entertaining, it discusses how the moon is different with lots of vocabulary and facts, This picture book cleverly combines so many things I love: STEM content, second person POV, and layered text with infoboxes! It's much more interesting way for kids to learn about gravity and space travel versus your traditional straightforward text.
I'd love to see this become a series: "If You Had Your Birthday Party INSERT PLANET/PLACE/HISTORICAL PERIOD/ETC, ". If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon by Joyce Lapin, illustrated by Simona Ceccarelli, PICTURE BOOK. Sterling Childrens Books,

BUYING ADVISORY: EL KESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Framed around the idea of bringing your friends to the moon for a party, this book covers a lot of information about the moon.
Each page has a section of story detailing what your party might look like and a section of information that expounds on the facts involved in the story.


I learned so much in this book, It is a bit longer than your average picture book, but it is fun to read and holds the readers attention well, I do think jumping between narrative and facttelling is a bit clunky, but also a good way to learn a lot,

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
sitelink blogspot. com/ I really enjoyed reading this book, The author takes readers on a fun adventure through outer space, showing the reader all the elements that entail the moon, zero gravity, and others, It puts a silly twist on space science and how things work outside our planets orbit, The book features a diverse group of children in the illustrations and the information contained in the book is accurate and uptodate, A fun and factfilled picture book about the moon, traveling in space, living in space etc, The story line follows a birthday party on the moon but each page has multiple call out boxes with fun facts about space, I confess this book totally surprised me, I was expecting a simplistic storyline, much like one I read in the past about what would happen if a dinosaur came to your birthday party, Instead, it's very informative, talking about the science aspect of going to the moon for a birthday party, It talks about the lack of gravity in space and the low gravity on the moon, why the moon has/of the gravity Earth has, what would happen to various objects in space.
Would they float or fall Could a candle be lit to celebrate your birthday Why is one side of the moon called the "dark side" What would happen if you hit a piñata in space Why does the moon have dark spots and craters What would happen if you made angels in the moon's dust What did the Apollo astronauts leave behind

Whew! There's a lot of information in this picture book! I love that.
If you want to, you can skip some of the added info when reading to younger children and either add to the reading as children grow or let your children/students read that extra info on their own when they're ready.
The only thing I didn't love about this book was that sometimes the extra information in boxes would require flipping back a page to read because the storyline moves on and there's no easy way to insert the information.
You stop midthought or flip back, Awkward. But, I loved the sheer quantity of information and the fact that some of it was new to me, The illustrations are marvelous.

OK, I've just talked myself into going from/to,/. I'm taking off half a point for the awkwardness of the way added info is inserted but that may not bug everyone,

I got a copy of If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon from Sterling Children's Books in exchange for an unbiased review.
I would say this one is not for little ones who are still wiggly, unless you don't mind reading to a child while s/he is playing, I did that with the longer picture books till mine were ready to sit still, I love a book that grows with a child and I think this has that aspect, It includes a glossary of science/space terms, .