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Aviva Gittle was born and raised on Long Island in New York. She earned a B.Sc. in General Studies at National University in La Jolla, CA. Now a grandmother, she writes and publishes children's books from her home in the very hip community of North Park, located in San Diego, CA. Aviva explores subjects like friendship, imagination, and good nutrition through a variety of colorful characters. Her motto for children's books: "Teach, don't preach."
Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite
Moon Jump (The Boy Who Bounced to the Moon) is a nice fantasy by Aviva Gittle and Mark Megson. Timmy enjoys learning about the moon. His teacher, Mr. Garcia, tells him that the moon contains a great treasure. If Timmy finds it, Mr. Garcia will give him a flying model rocket kit. He is inspired to build a bouncy contraption that will send him to the moon. He asks his mother to teach him knitting, and tells shopkeepers about his plans. They laugh in disbelief, but still donate old rubber bands, fan belts and bungee cords. Timmy stays up late working on his invention, and knits a large, rubbery blanket that is bouncy. He puts on his space suit and packs a bag with food, an umbrella, crayons and a sketch pad. Timmy jumps on the bouncy blanket which tosses him into space and he lands on the moon. What he discovers there is so amazing that he draws pictures with his crayons to show everyone.
Dreams can come true if you believe in yourself. Moon Jump (The Boy Who Bounced to the Moon) shows how determined Timmy was to achieve the impossible when others mocked him. Aviva Gittle and Mark Megson wrote a pleasant story with a good moral. The book contains an activity section where kids can colour the illustrations, while describing the invention they will make to take them to the moon. Moon Jump is about forty pages, so it does not take long to read this book which has lovely, colourful artwork.
