Stacy McAnulty - Moon! : Earths best friend

For Dadyoure always there for me, even when I cant see you S. M. For Baptiste, Floriane, and their little moons, Charlie & Willow S. L. For Deimos and Phobos, my distant cousins orbiting Mars M. Henry Holt and Company, Publishers since 1866
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Names: McAnulty, Stacy, author. | Lewis, Stevie, illustrator.
Title: Moon! : Earths best friend / Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis.
Description: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2019] | Series: Our universe
| Audience: Age 48. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018054823 | eISBN 978-1-250-26750-4
Subjects: LCSH: MoonJuvenile literature. | Solar systemJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QB582 .M3945 2019 | DDC 523.3dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018054823 First edition, 2019 / Designed by Sophie Erb
The artist used colored pencils and digital tools to create the illustrations in this book. M. M.

For Baptiste, Floriane, and their little moons, Charlie & Willow S. L. For Deimos and Phobos, my distant cousins orbiting Mars M. Henry Holt and Company, Publishers since 1866
Henry Holt is a registered trademark of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 mackids.com Text copyright 2019 by Stacy McAnulty
Illustrations copyright 2019 by Stevie Lewis
All rights reserved. Our eBooks may be purchased in bulk for promotional, educational, or business use.
Please contact the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at
1-800-221-7945, ext.5442, or by e-mail at . | Lewis, Stevie, illustrator.
Title: Moon! : Earths best friend / Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis.
Description: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2019] | Series: Our universe
| Audience: Age 48. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018054823 | eISBN 978-1-250-26750-4
Subjects: LCSH: MoonJuvenile literature. | Solar systemJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QB582 .M3945 2019 | DDC 523.3dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018054823 First edition, 2019 / Designed by Sophie Erb
The artist used colored pencils and digital tools to create the illustrations in this book.

Look up.

Look up.

Look up! LOOK UP!
Its me. Moon! Im Earths best friend. Where Earth goes, I go. We have been together since the beginning.
Almost . Let me tell you our story.
Once upon a time... Look up.

Look up! LOOK UP!
Its me. Moon! Im Earths best friend. Where Earth goes, I go. We have been together since the beginning.
Almost . Let me tell you our story.
Once upon a time... about 4.5 billion years ago, a space rock
the size of Mars crashed into baby Earth. about 4.5 billion years ago, a space rock
the size of Mars crashed into baby Earth.

Big ole mess! Pieces of rock, chunks of Earth, and even lava were blasted
into space. This crash trash came together to make ME! A satellite! ... about 4.5 billion years ago, a space rock
the size of Mars crashed into baby Earth. Big ole mess! Pieces of rock, chunks of Earth, and even lava were blasted
into space. This crash trash came together to make ME! A satellite!

Actually, Im Earths only natural satellite. Natural: not created
by Earthlings.

Satellite: I circle Earth. She has thousands of
human-made satellites, too.
Theyre mostly metal and plastic.
Not exactly best-friend material. Guess that makes me Earths #1 real sidekick. Actually, Im Earths only natural satellite. Natural: not created
by Earthlings. Satellite: I circle Earth.

She has thousands of
human-made satellites, too.
Theyre mostly metal and plastic.
Not exactly best-friend material. Guess that makes me Earths #1 real sidekick.

It takes me 27.3 days
to go around Earth once. It also takes me 27.3 days
to spin once. Coincidence?
I think not. Means Im dependable! My face always smiles at Earth.
(You NEVER see my backside.) It takes me 27.3 days
to go around Earth once.

It also takes me 27.3 days
to spin once. Coincidence?
I think not. Means Im dependable! My face always smiles at Earth.
(You NEVER see my backside.)

But you probably noticed I look different every night.
Fun, right? |
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| (Doesnt make
wolves howl.) But you probably noticed I look different every night.
Fun, right? (Doesnt make
wolves howl.)

Some other planets have
best friends, too. I am MOON,
but Im not the only moon
in the solar system. |
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| Of all the moons,
Im fifth biggest! Some other planets have
best friends, too. I am MOON,
but Im not the only moon
in the solar system.

Of all the moons,
Im fifth biggest!

Ill always be Earths pal, but that
doesnt mean were twinsies. Shes bigger.
Four times bigger! 6,784 miles
around 24,874 miles
around And her gravity is
six times stronger. Gravity: the invisible force that makes an apple fall
to the ground instead of flying up to the sky. |
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| A cow that weighs
600 pounds on Earth
would weigh only
100 pounds on me. Speaking of cows... Ill always be Earths pal, but that
doesnt mean were twinsies.

Shes bigger.
Four times bigger! 6,784 miles
around 24,874 miles
around And her gravity is
six times stronger. Gravity: the invisible force that makes an apple fall
to the ground instead of flying up to the sky. A cow that weighs
600 pounds on Earth
would weigh only
100 pounds on me. Speaking of cows...

Earth has cows.
And nursery rhymes.
And nursery rhymes starring cows. But a cow has never jumped over me.

Im too far
away for even a kangaroo to make that leap. Average distance
between Earth and me:
238,855 miles. You could fit 30 Earths in that distance.
And probably a gazillion cows. Earth has cows.
And nursery rhymes.
And nursery rhymes starring cows. But a cow has never jumped over me. Im too far
away for even a kangaroo to make that leap.

Average distance
between Earth and me:
238,855 miles. You could fit 30 Earths in that distance.
And probably a gazillion cows.

BFFs help each other out. I keep Earth from being too wobbly.
This might be the most important thing I do,
and you probably didnt even know about it! With me: gentle spinning. My gravity at work! Without me: topsy turvy.
Dont worry, Moon Gazers.
Youre never without me. BFFs help each other out.