Book Talk with Noah Grigni: Mama Moon

Author and illustrator Noah Grigni will visit us in the bookspace to celebrate their debut picture book, Mama Moon. This story thoughtfully follows the journey of a child who notices that their mother’s moods come in phases, like the moon, and sometimes she can’t do what other mothers do. Join us for a special Mental Health Awareness Month reading about the love we give to our community, in sickness and in health, through the bright and the blue...

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More about the book:

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Deeply felt and beautifully told, Mama Moon is the story of a child who muses that their mother is like the moon—ever changing, sometimes blue, sometimes bright.

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Mama loves warm summers, and eating cherries while stargazing with Baba and Kiddo. But on her bluest of days, she can’t do the things that other mamas do.

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Persevering with love, no matter what phase Mama is in, this family weathers the ups and downs of a loved one's illness.

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More about Noah:

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Noah Grigni is a children's book author and illustrator living in Atlanta, GA. They make art in collaboration with their community, exploring themes of gender, ecology, care, dreams, interdependence, and abolition. Noah is the illustrator of It Feels Good To Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn (2019), The Every Body Book by Rachel Simon (2020), and The Every Body Book of Consent by Rachel Simon (2024). Their debut picture book as both author and illustrator, Mama Moon, came out on April 15th, 2025.

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