Please get the science right

Page from the Hello Kitty book, "Hello Shapes!"

As I've mentioned before, I have a young daughter and together we read a lot of children's books. (Yesterday we read nine books, today will probably be about the same.)

While I don't have a science degree, I know enough to know what isn't right. And this just isn't right.

Detail from a page from the Hello Kitty book, "Hello Shapes!"

The moon is closer than the stars. That means that if we are seeing a crescent moon we should not see any stars in the "missing" portion of the moon.

If you can't get basic science right you have no business producing things for children. The illustrator should be ashamed to make such a fundamental mistake.