If the Moon

From award-winning creators Matthew Burgess and Matthew Forsythe comes a new picture book classic and an invitation to imaginative dreaming. If the Moon is the perfect lyrical bedtime book—a visual poem that soothes and smooths the transition from waking to sleeping.

If the Earth and if the moon,

if the whistling of a tune.

If you drift, if you dream,

into space, into streams...

Softly step on tender feet,

come and lift the latch of sleep.

• September/October 2026 Indie Next List Pick
• PW’s Fall 2026 Notable Children’s Titles 
• Indigo Heather’s Kids Pick
• Indigo's Top 100 Best Kids Books of the Year
• Starred review from School Library Journal
• Starred review from Booklist