Description:
From Marginalian creator Maria Popova and acclaimed illustrator Sarah Jacoby comes this gorgeous picture book about the dark side of the moon, and creative solitude as an antidote to loneliness.
A Publishers Weekly Big Indie Children's Book of Fall 2025!
One of Betsy Bird's Top Unconventional Children's Books of 2025!
A Politics & Prose Children & Teen Favorite of 2025!
Feeling like the loneliest creature on Earth, Re decides to go live in the coziest place on the moon. Re packs a suitcase and takes off on a beam of light, shooting out into the cosmic aloneness of space.
Re's aim is to go into the cozy nook that the moon is said to possess. But shortly after arriving, Re makes a surprising discovery: Re is not alone. Indeed, another lonely soul has beaten Re there! And so, Re meets Mi, and while each lives in their own chamber of the nook, these two single souls still become, at times, a kind of togetherness.
Each remains alone but less lonely, and now each can watch over the solitude of the other. Moreover, on certain nights, the solitary songs of them both might be heard cadencing the night together, in harmony, across the vast and starry sky.
Review Quotes: "An exploration of tranquility and solitude, glimpsed from a snug nook in the moon... Popova takes exquisite care to clarify to young readers that being by oneself can be a positive, even healing, act ('that feeling which feels like hearing your own voice singing back to yourself'). Evocative language punctuates the book in unexpected ways... Jacoby's dreamlike art gives all characters an inner glow of their own, staving off the impenetrability of space in favor of light, warmth, and fuzz. A loving acknowledgement of the joys of being 'happy-alone, ' told with care and delicious language."-- "Kirkus Reviews"