Through Moon And Stars And Night Skies by Ann Turner

written by award winning author Ann Turner is a wonderful story about a little child in a far away land who has no home, no mama, no papa, and who is all alone in an orphanage. On one hope filled day, the little boy receives a letter from a distant land. The letter contains pictures and a bright promise of a new mama and papa. The boy holds in his hand a magical promise of a new life in a white house with a green tree out front, a big red dog, and a room waiting just for him with his very own teddy bear quilt.

"Let me tell the story this time, Mama.
Let me tell how I came to you.
Momma said, Let's remember, once I was a picture you held in your hand.
Shhh, Momma, I will tell how I carried all your pictures all the way to you."

This beautifully illustrated book tells the story from the perspective of a small boy who travels half a world away to join his new momma and papa that he so desperately desires for his very own. It tells a story of his long journey aboard the plane and all his fears during the endlessly long flight. It tells of his fears and apprehensions as he finally arrives at his destination. As the story unfolds, the reader experiences the child's hopes and fears as he clings to the hope that those pictures he clutches represent. A desperate hope, in his little heart, of one day having his very own mama and papa.

A story within a story brilliantly unfolds through the beautiful illustrations of James Graham Hale. The illustrations support a child's developing comprehension skills by inferring, through artful illustrations, the fears and hopes of a small child gazing out the window of a giant aircraft. Throughout the book, the brilliant artwork of James Graham Hale cultivates a child's imagination and enhances their reading comprehension as they infer meanings and make connections to their own knowledge and experiences.

This wonderful children's story is not merely a story about a small orphaned child, It is an experience of the hopes, fears, and simple innocence of a child's heart. A tale of a child so compelled with the longing to be loved by his own Momma and Papa, that he braves all fear of the unknown for the hope of a new life. It so beautifully depicts the power that innocent love possesses to triumph over the fears and apprehensions of the unknowns in this life..

This book has received the Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) and is a Reading Rainbow Book