《爸爸，请为我摘月亮 》是Eric Carle继《好饿的毛毛虫》之后，又一本让孩子爱不释手的图画书。色彩浓艳，一种夺人心魄般的蓝色几乎贯穿了整个一本书，即使是真正的湛蓝色的夜空，也没有它那般美丽。 这本书充分表现了一位父亲对女儿无限的爱，此外在对于月亮、梯子等细节出也做得非常的有趣。孩子从故事情节中，不仅可以了解长短、高矮、大小等概念与形容词，还能从中观察到月亮阴晴圆缺的自然现象。 美国《出版人周刊》曾强烈推荐这本图画书。
在这里简单的介绍一下，卡尔爷爷。Eric Carle,艾瑞卡尔，国际儿童文学大师，绘本专家，他创作了超过70本作品，光是《饥饿的毛毛虫》就被翻译成47种语言版本，销售超过3000万册，他荣获纽约时报年度最佳童书、意大利波隆那书展设计大奖，并在英国、法国、日本等获得70余次国际性大奖。他的个人图画书美术馆，更是美国第一个图画书美术馆。
Before Monica went to bed she looked out of her window and saw the moon. The moon looked so near.
有一天晚上，小姑娘莫妮卡正要上床睡觉，突然，她透过窗户看到了天上的月亮。月亮又大又圆，看起来距离莫妮卡非常非常地近。
"I wish I could play with the moon," Thought Monica, and reached for it.
“好想和月亮玩啊。”莫妮卡说着，把自己的小手向月亮伸去。
But no matter how much she stretched, she could not touch the moon.
可是，她伸啊伸啊，怎么也都够不到月亮。
"Papa," said Monica to her father,"Please get the moon for me.
“爸爸，你帮我把月亮摘下来好吗？”她对 爸爸撒娇说。
Papa got a very long ladder
于是，爸爸就找来一个好长好长的梯子。
He carried the very long ladder toward a very high mountain.
然后，爬到了一个很高很高的山上。
Then Papa put the very long ladder on top of the very high mountain.
他把长长的梯子搭在了高高的山顶上，不停地往上爬着爬着。
Up and up and up he climbed.
终于，爸爸爬到了月亮上。
Finally, Papa got to the moon, "My daughter Monica would like to play with you, but you are much too big" said Papa
“我的女儿特别想和你一起玩” 他对月亮说，“不过，你这么大，我没法带回去啊”
"Every night I get a little smaller," said the moon. "When I am just the right size you can take me with you.
月亮说话了：“我每天晚上都会变小一点。等我变得差不多大小的时候，你就可以把我带回去了。”
And, indeed, the moon got smaller and smaller.
果然，从那之后，月亮越来越小。
When the moon was just the right size, Papa took it.
最终它变成可以随身携带的大小,爸爸摘到月亮，拿在手中.
Down and down and down he climbed.
一点点从梯子上面爬了下来。
"Here," said Papa to Monica, "I have the moon for you.
“莫妮卡，这是你想要的月亮，给你！”
Monica jumped and danced with the moon.
莫妮卡非常地高兴，她捧着月亮，和它一起蹦啊，跳啊……
She hugged the moon and threw it into the air.
时而紧紧抱着它，时而又把它高高抛起.
But the moon kept getting smaller and smaller and smaller, and finally it disappeared altogether.
月亮还是越来越小，越来越小，最后呼得一下消失了。
Then, one night, Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.
几天之后，莫妮卡在天上发现了纤细的月亮消失了。
Each night the moon grew.....
月亮每天晚上都在慢慢变大，慢慢变大……,
And grew....慢慢变大……
And grew.. 慢慢变大……
《爸爸，请给我摘月亮》的故事情节和月亮密切相关，可以选择有月亮的夜晚，和孩子看着月亮开展亲子阅读，增强故事的情境感。设计别出一格，朗读时遇到有特殊设计的页面，可搭配一些语气词，引起孩子听故事的兴趣。读完故事后如果孩子有浓厚的兴趣，可结合月亮每月的圆缺变化制作简单的月亮剪纸，和孩子试着玩"摘月亮"的游戏。
喜马拉雅APP上有该绘本的音频，有唱的也有读的形式。