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'Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story celebrates a baby's wonder at our beautiful world. From much-loved Australian Children's Laureate Alison Lester comes a timeless book to share and to treasure. ' (Publisher's blurb)

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Number 20 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

Number 41 on the Better Reading's Top 50 Kids Books 2023

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Publisher: Penguin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2013 .

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Extent: 32p.
Description: col. illus.

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Published 25th September 2013

ISBN: 9780670076758
Publisher: Penguin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2018 .

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Extent: 28p.
Description: col. illus.

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Published 3 September 2018

ISBN: 9780143789758

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Review : Kissed by the Moon Katy Gerner , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , April 2014;
— Review of Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book

Review : Kissed by the Moon Merle Morcom , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 73)
— Review of Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book

Cover Book Review : Kissed by the Moon Nola Allen , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 28 no. 5 2013; (p. 12)
— Review of Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book

Kissed by the Moon Heather Zubek , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 November - 1 December 2013; (p. 29)
— Review of Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book

For the Love of a Good Book Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 November 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of Baby Bedtime Mem Fox , 2013 single work picture book ; Davy and the Duckling Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book ; Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book ; Bertie Pamela Allen , 2013 single work children's fiction

Pests and Other Pets Angie Schiavone , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester , 2013 single work picture book ; The Octopuppy Martin McKenna , 2013 single work picture book ; The Rules of Summer Shaun Tan , 2013 single work picture book