About this ebook
Ellis is absolutely certain of one thing: the moon is made of lemon cake.
The adults say this is nonsense. They insist the moon is made of rock and dust and other deeply disappointing things. But Ellis knows better. The moon is round, pale, delicious-looking, and hanging right there in the sky. Obviously, someone should go and taste it.
So Ellis puts on a napkin, grabs a silver spoon, straps a metal colander to his head, and builds the most ridiculous garden tower ever attempted. There’s a trampoline, some chairs, a dustbin, a wheelbarrow, a broken trolley car, and a very worried greyhound called Jenson, who thinks the whole thing is a terrible idea.
Ellis ignores him.
Then he jumps.
And somehow… he goes.
The Moon Is Made of Lemon Cake is a funny illustrated children’s book in rhyme about curiosity, imagination, determination, and being spectacularly wrong. With playful rhyming text, comic build-up, and a brilliantly messy moon-tasting disaster, this read-aloud picture book is perfect for children who enjoy funny bedtime stories, silly space adventures, and characters who take their ideas much too seriously.
Ideal for fans of humorous rhyming picture books, imaginative bedtime stories, funny books about the moon, and children’s stories with a big ridiculous premise.
Why children and grown-ups will enjoy it
A funny rhyming story that is ideal for reading aloud
A silly space adventure with a hungry boy, a spoon, and a very bad plan
A playful picture book about imagination, curiosity, and big ideas
A comic build-up as Ellis’s tower gets more and more ridiculous
A satisfying, messy reveal about what the moon actually tastes like
Great for bedtime, story time, classrooms, and shared reading
A funny, clever, read-aloud picture book for children aged 3–7 who like rhyming stories, moon stories, food stories, and wonderfully determined little characters.
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About the author
Nathan Nelson is a British author and illustrator who writes wildly funny, rhythmic picture books for young children. His stories are packed with eccentric characters, bouncy rhymes, and joyful chaos - the kind that makes bedtime reading an event. He lives in the UK with his family and a growing collection of ideas that really should not work but somehow do.
