The Moon Speaks is a sweet children’s poem illustrating how creation reveals God. The illustrations and imagery are beautiful, it is a pleasure to read at bedtime and calming for sleepy children and bedtime devotions.

As it is a picture board book, it suggests that it is for younger children but some of the words wouldn’t necessarily be in a preschooler’s general vocabulary (such as “nourishing” and “pure”). The target audience felt a little confused and I’m not sure how much my three-year-old grasped the message of the book. I could see how it would be a great book for older children to read to their younger siblings though.

Nevertheless, he enjoyed looking at the pictures and when asked what his favourite part was, he said he liked the owl. It’s a great primer for explaining big theological concepts to little ones so I appreciate Jason Deusing expanding his theological audience to include toddlers.

Thank you to NetGalley and B&H Kids for this ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.