Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me: Book & CD (Book and Cd)

Marc Notes: Read by Stanley Tucci.; Monica's father fulfills her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size. Some pages fold out to display particularly large pictures.;004-008. Publisher Marketing: A father will move heaven and earth to delight his daughter in this book and CD package from children's book legend Eric Carle and narrated by award-winning actor Stanley Tucci. In this beloved picture book from Eric Carle that includes a CD with audio narration by Stanley Tucci, Monica wants to play with the moon, but she can't quite seem to reach it. The story literally unfolds as the pages extend both outward and upward, and readers will empathize with Monica's longing for the moon as well as be reassured by her father's willingness to try to make her dream come true. Children and adults alike will enjoy this beloved tale about a father's love! Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1991 (EAN 9780887081774, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1246 (EAN 9780887081774, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/21/1986 (EAN 9780887080265, Hardcover) School Library Journal 08/01/1986 (EAN 9780887080265, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/08/1999 pg. 71 (EAN 9780689829598, Board Books) Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 63 (EAN 9780689829598, Board Books) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Carle, Eric Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers. Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York. Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration. In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world. Eric Carle es el creador de mas de setenta libros ilustrados para ninos. Nacio en Syracuse, Nueva York, pero a los seis anos de edad se traslado con sus padres a Alemania. En 1952, tras graduarse de la prestigiosa Akademie der Bildenden Kunste de Stuttgart, logro cumplir su sueno de regresar a Nueva York. Ha recibido muchos e importantes premios y distinciones, entre ellos el Laura Ingalls Wilder Award en 2003, por su aportacion global a la literatura y a la ilustracion infantil. En 2002, cincuenta anos despues de su regreso a los Estados Unidos, se inauguro en Amherst, Massachusetts, el Museo Eric Carle de Libros Ilustrados, donde se exhibe, ademas de la obra completa de Eric Carle, un buen numero de originales de los mas destacados ilustradores de libros infantiles del mundo entero. Contributor Bio:  Tucci, Stanley Stanley Tucci's first co-directing, co-screen-writing and acting effort was the acclaimed Big Night; he also wrote, directed and co-produced The Imposters and directed Joe Gould's Secret. Among his many film credits are Deconstructing Harry, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Road to Perdition; he won a Golden Globe and Emmy(R) for his title performance in HBO's Winchell, and received a Tony(R) nomination for his performance in Frankie and Johnny in theClaire de Lune.