Papa please get the moon for me is a childrens picture book designed illustrated and written by eric carle published by simon schuster in 1986 it tells the story of a young girl monica who wants to play with the moon. Eric carle is an internationally bestselling and award winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children including the tiny seed papa please get the moon for me and his most well known title the very hungry caterpillarborn in syracuse new york eric carle moved to germany with his parents when he was six years old. Eric carle is an internationally bestselling and award winning author and illustrator of more than seventy books for very young children including the tiny seed papa please get the moon for me and his most well known title the very hungry caterpillar