Papá, por favor, bájame la luna (Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me)

A father will move heaven and earth to delight his daughter in this bilingual edition of the beloved tale from children’s book legend Eric Carle.

Monica wants to play with the moon, so her papa sets out to get it. It isn’t easy to climb to the moon, but he finally succeeds—only to find it’s too big to carry home. The way in which this problem is solved is a joyful surprise. This delightful story about a father’s love literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward.

Mónica quiere jugar con la luna, así que su papá se propone traérsela. No es fácil subir hasta la luna, pero por fin lo logra…solo para descubrir que es muy grande para llevársela a casa. El modo en el que el problema es resuelto es una alegre sorpresa. Esta encantadora historia acerca del amor de un padre se desdobla literalmente ante el lector, ya que las páginas se abren dramáticamente y se extienden hacia afuera y hacia arriba.

Eric Carle (1929–2021) was acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children, including Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me; Have You Seen My Cat?; and TheTiny Seed. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into seventy languages and sold over fifty-five million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many bestsellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Children’s Literature Legacy Award for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (CarleMuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of ninety-one. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. Find out more at Eric-Carle.com.