The Guardians of Childhoodseries kicks off its epic tale with one of the most beautifully illustrated picture books my sons and I have ever seen. Called The Man in the Moon, it is about a little boy, who escapes from the evil Nightmare King, Pitch. And though his parents are killed in the battl...
TOO MANY WORDS.5 star art, 1.5 star plot. I loved the visuals but there were just too many words. And the story was very weird and ill-plotted. There was sort of a climax really early on (sort of) and then it just sorted farted around until it finished. I was very very interested in this series b...
The beginning of the "Guardians of Childhood" series, readers learn of how the "Man in the Moon" (MiM) came to be. How his parents ship was attacked in outer space by Pitch, the King of Nightmares and the baby MiM had to be saved by Nightlight, his trusty guardian, by stranding him on the moon. M...
Joyce, W. (2011). The Man in the Moon. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The Man in the Moon was first a baby who never had nightmares. In a great battle, the MiM (Man in the Moon), who was still a baby was orphaned and raised by moon creatures. According to the story, the Man in...