About the book

On the first pages of the picture book there is a play that children can perform on stage or with puppets. The main character is the moon who has a sweet tooth. One night she eats too much and falls down from the sky. To be able to go back, she needs to loose weight. She goes to a slimming club where she needs to exercise. She does not enjoy that too much and goes back to the sky as soon as she looses enough weight. The author Aksinja Kermauner uses the gaining and losing of weight to describe the phases of the moon. In the end, there is a real astronomical explanation and an experiment related to the moon phases and eclipses. In short, this is a fun and educational picture book that parents and educators together with the children will be happy to use.