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Henry Purcell
Marielle Khoury, Charlotte Voake
Hardcover (Moonlight Publishing, April 30, 2012)Purcell was a court musician like his father and uncle. He also wrote music for the theater—a mixture of instrumental pieces, songs, and dances. Children who have tried making up their own dance steps, or who can tell the difference between the sound of the violin and the viola, will find that they have much in common with Purcell.
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Whales
Ute Fuhr, Raoul Sautai
Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Jan. 1, 2014)Whales, the biggest animal on Earth, lives on the sea. It is a wonderful creature but becoming sadly rare. Watch this giant leap gracefully out of the waves. See how it looks after its calf underwater. Children will delight in comparing and identifying different whales.
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Building Sites
Philippe Biard
Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Dec. 1, 2018)Watch an abandoned building being demolished and a new one rise up in its place. Observe concrete cutters, bulldozers, excavators, concrete mixers, cranes, tunnel borers and steam rollers at work on a building site, at a boatyard, building an underground tunnel, a motorway and a dam. Learn about all the different people involved in each stage of construction: architects, masons, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and many others.
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Fryderyk Chopin
Catherine Weill, Charlotte Voake
Hardcover (Moonlight Publishing, Sept. 1, 2017)As a young Polish boy, Chopin was composing his own tunes at the age of five. He learned Latin, Greek, and French, then German, English, and Italian at the same time he was learning to play the piano. Children who can tell stories through their piano playing or singing, or who have ever danced a Polish mazurka, will find that they have much in common with Chopin. The accompanying CD features recordings of his music and the story's narration.
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The Weather
Sophie Kniffke
Board book (Moonlight Publishing, March 18, 2009)Follow the changing weather through the seasons of the year.
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Inside the Body
Pierre-Marie Valat
Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Oct. 10, 2012)A lighthearted introduction to what happens to food when it is eaten combines an accessible tour of the human digestive system with illuminating "torch-lit" images on transparent pages. Features a press-out paper "torch," along with a slot to store it in at the back of each book. By the creator of Animal Faces: 15 Punch-Out Animal Masks.
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The Weather
Sophie Kniffke
Hardcover-spiral (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2005)Follow the changing weather through the seasons of the year.
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Earth and Sky
Jean-Pierre Verdet
Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing Ltd, March 15, 1737)None
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Ants
Rene Mettler
Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Dec. 1, 2015)Learn all about ants, one of the strongest and most well-organized of creatures on the planetThis book provides a vivid visual demonstration on why the reputation of ants for organization and hard work is fully justified. They live in large communities and build impressive homes in the form of anthills with multiple chambers inside. There are 12000 different kinds of ants, some carnivorous, who eat other insects, and some vegetarian. They are remarkable in being able to carry objects as much eight times their size and 20 times their own weight. They show clear signs of intelligent communication and high levels of collaboration. Yet for some other animals and birds ants are simply their favorite food!
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Yann Walcker, Charlotte Voake
Hardcover (Moonlight Publishing, Sept. 1, 2017)Mozart was already writing music by the age of five, and when he was still very young, he traveled all over Europe and played for the Emperor of Austria, the King of France, and the Queen of England. Children who know songs from different countries, or who have tried writing songs of their own, they'll find that they have much in common with Mozart. The CD contains recordings of some of his most famous works and the narration of the story.
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