The Moon Might Be Milk
Rosie wonders: What is the moon made of? Cat thinks the moon is a saucer of fresh milk, spilled from the sky into puddles on the ground. Dog thinks it?s a pat of sweet, creamy butter. Butterfly thinks it?s made of sugar: sticky and sparkling and oh, so sweet. But Gran knows best. Using milk, butter, sugar, and other ingredients, she shows Rosie how to bake moonshaped cookies and captures a magical piece of the moon in her very own kitchen. This classic-in-the-making from Gran?s hearth is sure to inspire family baking and sharing. Sugar cookie recipe included.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525476474
ISBN13:9780525476474
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Dutton Books
Length:32 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.3" x 10.3"
Age Range:3 years and up
Grade Range:Preschool and higher
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Two boys' review: A nice bedtime story with a bonus recipe
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
After a rough streak of mean-spirited picture books we came across this simple treasure, "The Moon Might Be Milk" by Lisa Shulman and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. The story follows a little girl named Rosie as she tries to learn what material makes up the moon. Along the way, animals make suggestions (e.g. the cat thinks it is milk, the hen thinks it is an egg). By the book's end, include all of the ingredients necessary to make "Gran's Sugar Cookie Moons," which Rosie and her grandmother enjoy together. The story's simplicity isn't a negative. In fact, it makes a nice change of pace for my two sons (ages 6 and 4), who love picture books and stranger stories like The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. In summary, this book is a wonderful bedtime story. The recipe at the end of the book is a nice bonus.
Sometimes awkward language, but my son loves it!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Some of the phrases are awkward and there is a bit of stilted sentence structure... I like my preschoolers books to be well written grammatically and I actually amend a couple sentences when I read it to my 2.5year old... that being said, he loves this book. It's been one of his top requests for the past 2 weeks. The illustrations are simple and colorful, and I do like the cute recipe included... we will be making these cookies soon. Three Star Update: tried the recipe and it is not very good at all... surprised and disappointed... going to have to use another sugar cookie recipe in place of the one in the book, which is a shame bc part of the fun was reading the illustrated recipe at the end of the book.
charming, good illustrations and recipe included
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Lisa Shulman has come up with another wonderful book to read to your children or students. The illustrations are very good, colorful and suit the story. My children are older now, but they liked the story and my daughter wants to include it in her babysitting fun-box. I liked the fact that I was surprised by the grandmother turning everyone's idea of what the moon was made of into ingredients for a cookie and I especially liked having the recipe at the end. I found myself thinking about my grandmother, she would have loved this book. She always had freshly made cookies for our visits; if she'd had a book like this, she would have incorporated it into our family traditions, calling sugar cookies "moon cookies," pointing to a fingernail moon and asking "who took a bite out of the moon?" This book reminded me how much fun it is to cook with your children--an activity which has the added bonus of eating the end result. The only negative about this book? Now every time I see a full moon I get a craving for cookies.
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