Author: Lauren
Muskovitz Ranalli
Illustrator: Emily
Siwek
Publisher: Lauren
Ranalli
Release Date:
Format:
ISBN: 978-17731433-2-5
Reviewer: Ellwyn
Autumn
Rating: 4 Lemon
Drops
A long-distance
friendship that will stand the test of space and time! I love the title; it
draws you right in.
Summary:
What do you do
when your best friend in the whole wide world moves away? You keep in touch
with them by writing imaginative postcards to each other.
Review:
I felt an instant
connection to the young characters in this story and the unlucky predicament
they found themselves in.
Let’s
Meet On The Moon brought
back the sad memory of my best friend, Larry, moving away when I was little. At
the time, I was heartbroken. We kept in touch at first. My family and I visited
his new house a few times, but then things petered out. Such is the way of
life, I guess.
If only Larry and
I had written postcards to one another, like the youngsters in the story. Such
a cute and clever way to get kids writing and dealing with their feelings.
It’s apparent
from the little boy’s first vivid postcard he expects to remain close to the
little girl even though they’re far apart. By the end, I got the feeling they’d
be friends for ever and ever.
In the Covid-19
era, the story applies to all of us, no matter how near or far we live from our
friends and family. For many, social distancing has kept us apart. It’s
requisite to save lives, but we still seek a personal connection with the
people we love. In the digital age, Let’s Meet On The Moon offers
children another more tangible alternative to stay in touch, and let’s face it
kids love to get mail. There’s something truly special when you receive a
handwritten note from your best friend.
I give it 4 Lemon Drops!
Classroom Connection:
Let’s Meet On The
Moon would make an excellent addition to a
classroom or homeschool library and writing center. To extend the book, stock your
writing center with index cards, markers, pens, pencils, and stampers. Children
can utilize the materials to design their own postcard, write their message,
and mail or hand deliver it to their recipient.
Students could write postcards to their
classmates and pop it in a classroom mailbox. When the moment is right, one or
two children could be the classroom letter carriers and deliver the postcards
to everyone.
You could also do this postcard project
schoolwide. Older students could write to younger students, who then write a
reply. You could send postcards to nursing home patients or to students in
another state and country.
With a little creativity, Let’s
Meet On The Moon, proves the possibilities will take you to the moon and
back!
About The Author
Laruen can wander for hours in bookstores. She absolutely loves
a freshly sharpened pencil (like realllly loves it). And she has found so much
joy in pursuing my dream of being a children’s book author. Inspired by her own
high-spirited children, she aims to create stories that excite curiosity and
broaden our sense of community.
She wrote her first
book, The Great Latke Cook Off, shortly after her oldest child
was born. As part of an interfaith family, her son received a number of lovely
Christmas books during his first holiday season. She went out with the
intention to purchase some Chanukah books for him, but she couldn’t find any
stories that resonated with her own cultural experience. So, she decided to
write her own.
Flash forward several years,
and she is now working on her fourth self-published book, with many other
stories rolling around in her mind! She has been fortunate to have the
opportunity to share her work with readers across North America, as well as
support other aspiring and self-published writers in their own
author journey.
If you’d like more information on her work, scheduling an author visit or interview, or signing up for her online course, please get in touch! She would love to connect with you.
https://www.laurenranalli.com/
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