Title: The Little Moon Raven
Author: Marcus Pfister, translated by Kathyrn Bishop
Illustrator: Marcus Pfister
Publisher: Minedition Neugebaur Publishing, 2010
ISBN: 978-988-8240-81-4
Summary: This book is a story about a little raven that is told by an older raven. There was a little raven who was the last one to hatch, and he was also the smallest raven with no feathers. As he grew up, he always wanted to play with the other ravens, but they did not let him. Instead, the bullied him and made fun of him. Then one day, the little raven asked to play again. An older raven told him that he can play with them only if he flies all the way to the moon. That night, the little raven took off for the moon. The raven who told him to fly to the moon watched him do so, and saw the little raven get silver wings when he got close to the moon. However, the silver wings were too heavy for the little raven, and so he crashed to the ground. In the morning, the group of ravens see him lying lifeless in a bush near their home. Eventually, the little raven wakes up, and tells everyone that he could not make it to the moon. The older raven told him that he had just made that up, and that he was welcome to play with them now. As they began to play together, the other ravens noticed a single silver feather poking out of the little raven's wing.
Evaluation: I really enjoyed this picture book. I think that the book had a good message to children about overcoming bullies and being true to yourself., and I think this is something that a lot of children deal with today. The text was well written and flowed nicely, which was something I was concerned with considering that the book had been translated. The text was easy to find on each page. The illustrations were also good. There was less details, as the pictures were mostly just black raven's and trees. However, there was silver, shiny parts of the illustrations to show readers the raven's silver wings. The moon was also done in this silver, shiny color, which I enjoyed. It made the illustrations a little more interesting and fun to look at.
Rating: I would give this picture book 5/5 stars.
This book sounds interesting, especially since it involves a more serious topic. I'm curious myself to see what the illustrations look like.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the cover, it seems like the book has great illustrations but I would have to see for myself to find out. The story line seems very interesting as well!
ReplyDeleteI am always looking for good books about the topic of bullying. It is such a hard topic to discuss with children that a book gives you a starting point.
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