This (according to publisher description) is the first picture book for Heena Baek to be published in English (translated by Jieun Kiaer). She has published thirteen picture books that are popular throughout Asia, a number of which have been translated. Illustrated in otherworldly mixed-media 3D shoebox dioramas that use unique and exquisite collage art, this quirky and colorful picture book spins a new story from the common East Asian fable of the rabbit in the moon. She said the book “aligns really well with Montessori principles” and suggested it may be a good book to guide a parent discussion. Marcie, an LE teacher, enjoyed Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (one of my favorites), Leave the World Behind by Rumann Alam, and Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben O rlin.

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One classroom used Moon Pops to teach the structure of an LE book project, work that will begin soon. On a simmering summer night, everyone in the apartment complex is doing everything they can to cool down.

Illustrated in otherworldly mixed-media dioramas, this quirky and colorful picture book spins a new story from the common East Asian fable of the rabbit in the moon.It’s a dystopian novel centering Indigenous voices and issues in a world ravaged by ecological, as well as societal crisis. Baek’s use of onomatopoeia makes for a fun read-aloud for young readers, and her mixed media and collage illustrations result in a unique style that further captures the attention.

These aliens just show up after a night of the apartment complex having a moon pop (the melted moon frozen into popsicles) party. But when 2 rabbits arrive because they lost their home, Granny needs to figure out how to help them. Not particularly persuasive, but this might coax a few young porkers to get their trotters into the tub.Read the note at the very beginning of the book (which could also start a good discussion with kids before reading) to make sense of the ending. On an evening so swelteringly hot the moon melts from the sky, Granny catches the moon drops and makes frozen treats that draw in the neighbors for relief. I liked the story well enough, though the author’s note at the beginning feels necessary for the story to make some sense when it kind of derails with some rabbits midway through… that part felt like a non sequitur to me. Descriptive onomatopoeia (“whir-whir” and “hum-hum”) capture the animals’ attempts to cool off by firing up their air conditioners, turning on fans and opening refrigerator doors.