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A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e , in which a young woman's quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path--where choices come with deadly consequences, and she risks losing more than her heart. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the powerful Celestial Emperor who exiled...
3) Moon zoom
Author
Series
Usborne very first reading volume 8
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Two adventurous mice take a trip to the moon. Eighth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.
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Publisher
North South Books Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When Mr. Squirrel awakens to find that the moon has landed on his tree, he frantically tries to get rid of it before someone suspects him of stealing it and puts him in jail. But when he rolls the moon off of his tree, it gets stuck on Mrs. Hedgehog's bristles and when the billy-goat arrives and butts it with his horns....Will the moon ever be the same again? Sebastian Meschenmoser's hilarious illustrations and rollicking tale will be a bedtime favorite"--Amazon.com....
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cake and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night."--Publisher's description.
Pat pat pat, Little Star's soft feet tiptoed to the Big Mooncake. Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama. But she's not suppposed to eat any yet! What happens when she can't resist a nibble? In this stunning picture book that shines as bright...
7) Moonfall
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
Author
Series
Celestial kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Description
After winning her mother's freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin is forced to flee again and venture to the Immortal Realm where she and her companions encounter legendary creatures and shrewd monarchs.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Noche antigua combina varios relatos de la tradición oral, como el del conejo y el tlacuache, así como una rivalidad inventada entre ambos que sirve para contar lo que sucede en la noche, tras la milpa: las andanzas de un afanoso conejo y un audaz tlacuache que van y vienen por el campo provocando que la luna cambie de apariencia y que la noche se transforme en día. Este álbum silente está inspirado en el complejo y monumental pensamiento mesoamericano...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Under the glow of a shimmering Moon, creatures great and small are wide awake: hunting, exploring, fending off predators, and building families. As the Moon changes phases, these animals adapt their behavior to match its waxing and waning. With the soothing rhythm of a bedtime story and the scientific wonder of a nature doc, comes a celebration of the moon and all the creatures who rely on its light to find their way home.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
A veces el espacio es un lugar bastante solitario, y por eso a la Luna le gusta observar a la gente de la Tierra. Pero hay un problema: cuando sale el Sol, todos se alegran de verlo, mientras que, cuando sale la Luna todos se van a dormir. Esto entristece mucho a la Luna, así que una noche desaparece...¿Dónde estará la Luna? ¡Ayuda a Lucy a encontrar a su amiga!
13) Fae and the moon
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fae, in mourning for her missing mother, sits night after night below the Moon that her mother so loved. Then one night she discovers she can pluck the Moon out of the star-filled sky! Back safe in her house, she holds it close, feeling comfort at last. But Fae loses the Moon, and finds that taking it has awakened ancient monsters--rats, dragons, and more, who hunt it for themselves. Will Fae be able to reclaim the Moon, find her own inner strength,...
14) Spacemanatee!
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sweet-natured manatee Anna Lee, believing the moon is home to a Magical Manatee Queen, flies to the lunar surface to prove her existence to her friend, the Loon.
15) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and planets"--
17) Apollo 11
Author
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A look at Apollo 11, NASA's 1969 mission to land on the moon, led by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
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Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The world of the Lunar Chronicles comes alive in this thrilling continuation of Wires and Nerve. Iko, an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder, has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Sailor Moon eternal edition volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! Experience the Sailor Moon manga as never before in these extra-long editions."--Provided by publisher.