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Friday, December 11, 2020

Love, Sophia on the Moon, written by Anica Mrose Rissi and illustrated by Mika Song. Disney-Hyperion, Hachette. 2020. $23.49 ages 3 and up

 


"Dear Mom, 
The cows say there 
are no bedtimes on 
the mooooooooon. 
We don't even need
a bed. We will stay 
up all night playing 
moonball and making 
messes, and no one 
will yell if things 
break. Love, Sophia.
"

Did you ever run away when you were young and disgruntled by the unfairness exhibited toward you? Many little ones have such dreams. Sophia is one of those. Made to sit in a 'thinking chair' while Mom cleans up the mess she has made, Sophia plots an escape to the moon. 

She leaves her mom a note, then blasts off (with her cat to keep her company). Notes go back and forth. Mom expresses her sadness that Sophia won't be at home to help make cookies, does send cookies to the moon for sustenance, and wonders what to do with Sophie's bed. Sophie says she doesn't need milk for the cookies as they can dunk them in moon juice, and the cows who jump over the moon don't need a bed as they don't sleep. 

When Mom asks advice for supper for a moon child who has run away to Earth, while suggesting spaghetti, Sophia is quick to pooh-pooh that idea. Instead, she suggests 'mud pies, and old soggy spinach'. Readers will very much enjoy the back-and-forth missives. It is only when Mom talks about the bedtime story she will share with Grorg that there is a hint of homesickness displayed. Maybe, Grorg is moonsick. Perhaps a visit to the moon would be welcome, suggests Sophia. 

Gently humorous, and filled with charm, this is a bedtime story that is sure to satisfy all readers and might even lead to a flurry of note-writing. 

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