Monday, 16 August 2021

BOOK REVIEW: The Happy Half-Moon Girl


TITLE: The Happy Half-Moon Gril Girl
AUTHOR: Jennifer Maher
PUBLISHER: Olympia

This colourful, lightweight picture-book has a reading age for 3-9 year olds and takes children into the world of magical dreams. It uses bright colours for its eye-catching, splendid illustrations and its compact size makes it very manageable for any child with small hands to hold. Plus, it's easy-to-slide pages allow for small hands eagerly wanting to turn over to the next part of the story.

It is an excellent and imaginative book with exciting, creative animation and a unique bedtime story theme which flows easily in rhyme and should unquestionably help to send a child contentedly off to sleep.

The story features a strong female character dressed in her blue space-suit and helmet who sends happiness and positivity through dreams to all sleeping children.

This tale of the happy half-moon girl who raises her head when the moon is covered half in shade to smile down on the children asleep in their beds, relates how she dresses in her moon clothes and blows her dream-wand to send happy thoughts to fill children’s heads with joyful dreams. It's a perfect bedtime story which children will relate to and want to hear again each night before going to sleep.

The book is brilliant for youngsters and gives them an opportunity to explore their imaginations.  Additionally, it is a supportive tool for parents who have children who don’t settle down easily to sleep at bedtime as it combines the creation of a positive atmosphere along with sleep association which will help combat the problem many parents struggle with.

The author, Jennifer Maher, composed the story in rhyme and in addition provided the illustrations for the book using digital and freehand illustrations.

Reviewer - Anne Pritchard.



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