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Impossible Moon
Breanna J. McDaniel
Illustrator: Tonya Engel
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster BFYR/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-53447-897-8
Keywords: Astronomy, illness, grandmothers, imagination, African mythology, African American folklore
African American Mable wants to help her Grana get better, visiting constellations with African backstories and trying to touch the moon. Swirling acrylic and oil paintings. Explanatory back matter.