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2018 Finalist: Children's Science Picture Book

If You Were the Moon, by Laura Purdie Salas. Illustrated by Jaime Kim. Millbrook Press, 2017.

Astronomy is an exciting topic, but it is difficult to explain these concepts in terms that young people can understand. This book does a good job of not only conveying information but also of awakening a sense of wonder in the nighttime sky.