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Puffin/ Penguin Group (2013), Edition: 3rd
Description
When Max leaves his grandfather's house, the moon follows him all the way home, just as Grandpa promised it would.
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LibraryThing member nbmars
When I saw Floyd Cooper had a new book out, I couldn’t wait to read it. This one is about a little boy who goes to visit his grandpa, and was sad to leave. But “Granpa” told him the moon would follow him home and always shine for him. Sure enough, Max sees the moon the whole trip, until
"Then slowly, very slowly, Max’s bedroom began to fill with a soft yellow glow. The clouds faded away and the moon peeked through!”
Max knew whenever he saw the moon he would think of Granpa, and that soft yellow light would embrace him just like Granpa does.
Evaluation: This is a wonderful story, and the warm illustrations by Floyd Cooper live up to the usual high standards we have come to expect from him. He fills all the space on the pages with sepia pictures highlighted with spots of color, and his faces are so warm and expressive that you want to hug everyone in his stories! This feel-good book will be just right for any kid whose grandparents don’t live nearby.
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clouds come out and it goes away. He felt alone and missed Granpa and missed the moon:"Then slowly, very slowly, Max’s bedroom began to fill with a soft yellow glow. The clouds faded away and the moon peeked through!”
Max knew whenever he saw the moon he would think of Granpa, and that soft yellow light would embrace him just like Granpa does.
Evaluation: This is a wonderful story, and the warm illustrations by Floyd Cooper live up to the usual high standards we have come to expect from him. He fills all the space on the pages with sepia pictures highlighted with spots of color, and his faces are so warm and expressive that you want to hug everyone in his stories! This feel-good book will be just right for any kid whose grandparents don’t live nearby.
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LibraryThing member rarewren
Max gives Granpa a big ol' hug good-bye, and together they admire the bright full moon. Granpa tells him, "That ol' moon will always shine for you...on and on!" and Max takes the promise to heart, tracking it the whole car ride home. When it disappears behind cloud cover, Max feels lonely crawling
The pictures are the star of this show. Softly painted landscapes are bathed in the shadow of a moonlit night. The close-up portraits of Max and Granpa are truly astonishing. Because the descriptive prose tends to caption the imagery closely, I would ask the story time audience "What's happening now?" or "Where is Max going next?" before reading the text on some pages.
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into his bed, missing it and missing Granpa. Slowly the moon reappears, and Max basks in the comfort of its glow and Granpa's words.The pictures are the star of this show. Softly painted landscapes are bathed in the shadow of a moonlit night. The close-up portraits of Max and Granpa are truly astonishing. Because the descriptive prose tends to caption the imagery closely, I would ask the story time audience "What's happening now?" or "Where is Max going next?" before reading the text on some pages.
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LibraryThing member Whisper1
This beautifully illustrated book is a must read for those of us who carry memories of one or more of our special grandparent(s).
Max misses his grandpa every time he must leave. To help him with his sadness, his grandpa tells him that the same bright mon that is above his house, is the same moon
Worried when the moon disappears behind clouds, Max merely must learn patience until the dark clouds will soon break through, producing the bright, big moon.. This book brought back memories of spending a weekend with my beloved grandmother and sadly counting down the minutes until the expected time of my father's arrival to pick me up approached.
Max misses his grandpa every time he must leave. To help him with his sadness, his grandpa tells him that the same bright mon that is above his house, is the same moon
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that will follow him allow the way home.Worried when the moon disappears behind clouds, Max merely must learn patience until the dark clouds will soon break through, producing the bright, big moon.. This book brought back memories of spending a weekend with my beloved grandmother and sadly counting down the minutes until the expected time of my father's arrival to pick me up approached.
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Awards
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title — 2014)
CCBC Choices (2014)
ISBN
0425287459 / 9780425287453