Dear Mom,
I’m running away and won’t ever come back. From now on I live on the moon. Don’t try to stop me.
Love, Sophia
Life on earth isn't always fair, so Sophia runs off to the moon, where there are no bedtimes, no time-outs, and no moms—but there are moonberry tarts with asteroid tea, moonicorns, starfish, and plenty of moongames to play.
While she’s there, she writes letters to her mother…and her mother writes back.
Unconditional love plus lots of humor and imagination make this picture book a stellar pick for story time, and a perfect gift for Mother’s Day.
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★ “Tender, funny….Captures the determination and obstinacy of children and the steady, unwavering love of a parent.” —BookPage, starred review
“This is a gentle, even adorable reminder for children that their parent still loves them even if they yell….Readers will love it to the moon and back.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Gently portrays the stubborn flight and the resulting plight of a frustrated child, and a mother whose measured responses and funny nuggets of rhetoric show that she loves her child to the moon—and ‘all the way back.’” —Publishers Weekly
“This lovely, funny, tender story exhibits incredibly clever storytelling, starting on the illustrated title page….[T]his tale allows for both imagination and speculation as the story progresses. It’s terrific for representation of both cultural and family diversity, and it has excellent altruistic and guilt-free messaging about how a parent can get upset with a child but still love them—quite literally—to the moon and back.” —Booklist
Winner of the 2021 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award
An Amazon Editors’ Pick: Best Kids’ Books of the Month selection
A Mighty Girl’s 2020 Books of the Year
Children’s Book Review’s Best Picture Books of 2020
Included in the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art’s December 2022 - April 2023 exhibition “Dear Reader: Picture Books and Letter Writing”
Click here to find a (free!) Love, Sophia on the Moon Virtual Storytime Kit created by Sara Grochowski at Alpena County Public Library
Hardcover ISBN: 9781368022859 ebook ISBN: 9781368061735
Published on March 31, 2020 by Little, Brown Young Readers
Also published in Simplified Chinese