Features
- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Cover Type: Paperback with 32 pages
- Published by: Aladdin May 17, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1416903070
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1416903079
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Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 6.3 x 0.1 inches
- Weighs: 7 ounces
Product Description
Bear travels to the highest mountaintop to find out what to give the Moon for its birthday and discovers a delightful surprise -- the Moon has the same birthday as Bear. Or so it seems.
Card Catalog Description
When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a gorgeous hat as a present.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Happy Birthday, Moon (Hardcover)
Children like stories where characters have mistaken ideas of what the moon is. The Caldecott winning book, "Many Moons" (which I HIGHLY recommend you run out and read immediately if not sooner) supposes that the moon is no larger than a thumbnail and made of pure gold. In this book, "Happy Birthday, Moon", a small cuddly bear supposes that the moon is like any other creature and, if you get close enough, you can have a conversation with it. Through a series of misadventures (echoes, trees, and winds) Bear comes to the conclusion that the moon would like a beautiful hat for its birthday. In the end, he and the moon have (in his mind) grown closer over the course of the story. And boy oh boy is this picture book simple. No extraneous details or folderols here. The lines are clear cut and smooth. From the perfectly circular and yellow moon in the sky to the deftly lined Bear, not a single line or color is out of place here. For those parents wishing to calm their little ones down with a simply told, simply drawn story, this book is ideal. Concepts are not difficult to grasp and words never get any more difficult than "birthday" or "beautiful". It is a nice little book.
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