Night of the Moonjellies [SEP] illustrator
Night of the Moonjellies
Night of the Moonjellies (Simon & Schuster 1992) is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Mark Shasha. 
The book was inspired by the author's memories of working at his grandmother's hot dog stand by the sea in New London, Connecticut in the 1970s. It features the warm relationship between the main character, a boy of 7 years old, and his grandmother, along with the hustle and bustle of the busy day at the hot dog stand. 
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. His first book, the children's classic "Night of the Moonjellies" (Simon & Schuster, 1992) was inspired by childhood memories of working at his family's hot dog stand by the sea in New London, Connecticut in the early 1970s.
The story features a warm relationship between a boy and his grandmother along with a variety of characters busy with the hustle and bustle of the fast food business. It also features a bioluminescent jelly-like creature found in the North Atlantic called a moonjelly or Ctenophore (