Over the Moon!

by Hilary Robinson

Overview

The cat and the cow want to jump over the Moon. But it is so high, and the little dog cannot stop laughing! Maybe the cat has a plan…Teacher’s guide available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778738688
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/01/2009
Series:	Tadpoles
Pages:	23
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	190L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 Years

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2—Using large-font type, these traditional tales contain plot twists, brightly colored illustrations, and slapstick humor. In Tortoise, the title character challenges Rabbit, Squirrel, and Mouse to race home, and they laughingly accept. Rabbit plans to run, Squirrel will swing through the trees, and Mouse will roll down a hill, but Tortoise wins by entering his shell ("I am home already"). In Princess the king offers a bag of gold to whoever can make his daughter laugh. The clown and the magician try, but it is the boy with two monkeys who is successful when one creature pulls off the king's crown and another replaces it with a banana peel. Written in free verse, Over the Moon! features a cow who tries to clear the full Moon with a cat along for the ride; the friends succeed when they instead jump a reflection in a puddle near the dish and the spoon. Rooster's Alarm features a sheep who cries "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" a cat who says "Baaa!" and more, and readers discover that "The noises were wrong all around the farm, because the rooster forgot to set his alarm!" The books' raucous appeal contrasts with Margaret Hillert's quieter retellings of Little Red Riding Hood, The Magic Beans, and The Three Goats (all Norwood House, 2006), which are set on smaller pages with a smaller font, and Harriet Ziefert's straightforward The Little Red Hen and The Teeny Tiny Woman (both Viking, 1995).—Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI

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