- Published: 22 April 2015
- ISBN: 9781869794088
- Imprint: RHNZ Children's
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 24
- RRP: $21.00
The Moon And Farmer McPhee











- Published: 22 April 2015
- ISBN: 9781869794088
- Imprint: RHNZ Children's
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 24
- RRP: $21.00
The combination of Margaret Mahy’s words and David Elliot’s pictures was always a dream-team event. The Moon and Farmer McPhee (2010) was the last book the talented duo created and it is splendid to see the award-winning picture book has been re-issued as a (sturdy) paperback, ready to introduce a new generation of readers to its surprises. Poor Farmer McPhee, tired and irritable after a hard day’s work, can’t enjoy the beauty of the Moon, ‘‘curved like a peeling from a silver apple’’. His farm animals do appreciate it; they sing and dance in the moonlight. (Only David Elliot could draw a sheep doing handstands.) Unimpressed, the sleepy McPhee locks the animals in the barn but then something magical happens. Fold-out pages show him being captured by the silver light of the Moon. Clever arrangements of folds and windows conceal secrets and add to the fun.
Trevor Agnew, Weekend Press
Farmer McPhee is so caught up in his work he can't see what's right in front of him — a moon so round it looks as if "moon mice have nibbled a hole in the sky and light is flowing in from the other side of night". While the animals are frisking, he's trudging, until finally he figures out what's important. Wonderfully expressive illustrations from David Elliot. Ages 2 +.
Laura Hewson, Otago Daily Times
New Zealand Post Children's Book Award
Winner • 2011 • Book of the Year
New Zealand Post Children's Book Award
Winner • 2011 • Picture Book
Storylines Notable Picture Book Award
Awarded • 2011 • Storylines Notable Picture Book