If My Moon Was Your Sun: with CD audiobook and music
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 1, Year 10, Year 11, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 80
Published: 2017
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-12th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 6-12 years.
There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Plough Publishing House .
Andreas Steinhoefel is an award-winning German writer of children's books. He received the Erich Kastner Prize for Literature in 2009 and the German Children's Literature Award in 2013. In addition to writing books for young readers, he also works as a translator, writes for television and radio, and edits graphic novels. Born in 1962 in Battenberg, Germany, he now lives in Berlin. Andreas Steinhoefel books translated into English include If My Moon Was Your Sun, The Spaghetti Detectives, An Elk Dropped In, and The Center of the World. Nele Palmtag, born in Boeblingen, Germany, in 1973, began a career as a state-certified occupational therapist before studying design, fashion, and illustration at the University of the Arts Bremen and at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She illustrates her own picture books as well as those of other authors. Her own works have been translated into several languages. She lives with her family in Hamburg-Altona.
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Goodreads Award: Best Book 5-12 years
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Keystone to Reading Award - Intermediate
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award.
Georgia Children's Book Award
The Georgia Childrens Book Award is a distinguished annual award that recognizes outstanding childrens literature and aims to promote a love of reading among young readers in Georgia. Established in 1985, the award is sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educators and is designed to encourage children to engage with quality literature. Each year, a committee selects a list of nominated books then students in grades K-5 vote for their favourite titles from that nominated list.
Ala Award - Notable Children's Book
This book was recognised in the Notable Children's Book category of the Ala Award.
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Grades 6-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.
Children's Choice Award
Each year, 12,500 school children from different regions of the United States read newly published children’s and young adults’ trade books and vote for the ones they like best. This list, a project cosponsored by the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC), is designed for use not only by teachers, librarians, administrators, and booksellers but also by parents, grandparents, caregivers, and everyone who wishes to encourage young people to read for pleasure. Ctaegoirs are: beginning readers (kindergarten-grade 2), young readers (grades 3-4, ages 8-1), advanced readers (grades 5-6, ages 10-12).
Buckeye Children's Book Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Buckeye Children's Book Award.
Charlotte Award - Middle School
This book was recognised in the Middle School category by the Charlotte Award.
Commonwealth Club of California Book Award
This book was recognised by the Commonwealth Club Of California Book Award.
Eb White Read Aloud Award - Middle Readers
This book was recognised in the Middle Readers category by the Eb White Read Aloud Award. The E.B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E.B. White.In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February.
Colorado Children's Book Award
The Colorado Children's Book Awards are given by the Colorado Center for the Book, itself a program of Colorado Humanities. Awards are selected by a group of judges who are themselves selected on the basis of interest and competence. The common criteria for each category are content, originality, and widespread appeal.
Bank Street Book Award - Children's Book Of the Year
This book was recognised in the Children's Book Of The Year category of the Bank Street Book Award.
North Carolina Children's Book Award - Junior
This book was recognised in the Junior category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award.
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award.
Kentucky Blue Grass Award - Grades 3-5
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Kentucky Blue Grass Award.
Black-Eyed Susan Award - Grades 4-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award.
The combination of the story, the illustrations, the music, and the bits of sage perspective from the young and old characters helps young readers to enhance their appreciation for music and to build awareness of and empathy for elders who are struggling in their later years but who still have much to offer. Readers may also begin to realize the simple potential of their own gumption.-->b>Friends Journal
In this import from Germany, a 9-year-old boy named Max sneaks his grandfather, who has dementia-the Great Forgetting-and another older woman, Miss Schneider, out of their nursing home. Gently, he leads them to a country meadow where his grandfather once proposed to his grandmother. He's fully aware that they'll be caught but determined that his grandfather should experience the peaceful green country setting anyway. His mission is successful. His grandfather slips into brief lucidity and offers Max gentle reassurance of his continued love. Exuberant Miss Schneider, rail thin and very cheery, dances! Frequent illustrations that look to be done in colored pencil are rendered in an unusual palette of just four or five vivid colors that effectively capture the child's determined yet spontaneous nature.... A CD accompanies this volume; a clear-voiced male reader pauses to give readers time to appreciate the occasional wordless double-page spread. An interlude of classical music follows.... About half the interludes are from "A Summer Day" by Sergei Prokofiev and the rest from "Petit Suite" by Georges Bizet. An interview follows the narrative, with author and illustrator offering insight into their thoughts as they crafted this unusual work. A quiet story and pleasant music combine for a calming, peaceful, and even uplifting performance. --Kirkus Reviews
Steinhoefel tenderly captures a child's fear and understanding of a loved one with dementia. Shortly after his ninth birthday, Max woke with a feeling that "was endlessly deep and glowing" that something was missing. Taking action, he walks across town to the nursing home where his grandfather has recently moved. Max sneaks his grandfather out of the nursing home and they go to the nearby meadow, a magical place where Max and his grandfather have spent many summer days and where Max felt "watched over, protected and comforted" for as long as he can remember. They talk about the moon and how you can sometimes see it during the day, but not always. Later Max expresses his greatest fear to his grandfather, "That someday I'll ask, do you remember? And you won't remember anymore. And that someday...someday you will forget how much you love me." Max's grandfather assuages Max's fear with "You can't always see the moon, but you know it's always there. Right?" Steinhoefel's lush, evocative language, tingly with a sense of place and emotion, is accompanied by Palmtag's colored pencil illustrations that prove a perfect match with their whimsy and tenderness. VERDICT With its loving portrayal of aging, caring for the elderly, and the keen nature of kids' sensibilities, this is a must-purchase for all libraries serving children. -School Library Journal, Starred Review