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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Ladder to the Moon

Bibliographic Information: Soetoro-Ng, Maya. (2011). Ladder to the Moon. Illus. Yuyi Morales. Humen, Dongguan, China: Candlewick Press.

Brief Annotation: Little Suhaila visits her grandmother on the moon. Together they open their hearts to people in need, inviting them to the moon. When Suhaila wakes, she is excited to tell her mother she has met her grandmother.

Genre: Storybook

Grade Level: 1 - 5

Readers who will like this book: Anyone who is caring and wants to help people. Those who have deceased family members they have never met. Anyone with hope.

Rating/Response: 3 out of 4. While it is a beautiful story with lovely illustrations, there are some parts that may confuse younger readers. Overall, it is a sweet way to dream of those we wish we could have spent time with before they died.

One question I would ask before a read aloud: What does it mean to love?
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