An interview with the author and illustrator of If My Moon Was Your Sun, this week’s featured book.

Andreas and Nele, how did you come up with Max?

Andreas Steinhöfel: I can still remember the first image that went through my head. It always starts with an image. Over on one side was a forest with a huge moon behind it, and on the other these little people running around. And it was this little boy I thought of first: a little boy named Max who is running after his grandpa, and who is being followed in turn by this goofy Ms. Schneider. And then you realize: yeah, I think I can make something out of that.