Max and the Tag-Along Moon

Has the moon ever followed you home at night?

Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa reminds Max that the moon above them at Grandpa's house is the same moon that will follow him all the way home. And on that swervy-curvy car ride back home Max smiles as the moon tags along, thinking of Grandpa. But when the sky darkens and the moon disappears behind clouds, Max worries that it did not follow him home after all. Yet when the clouds part and light streams through his window, he realizes that Grandpa was right--the moon was with him all along.

Floyd Cooper received the Coretta Scott King Award for The Blacker the Berry, two Coretta Scott King Honors for Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land, and an NAACP image award. His books have also been named to numerous best books list and been given many Parents Choice Awards. In Max and the Tag-Along Moon, his lush paintings perfectly capture the wonder of the moon, the love between grandfather and grandson, and that feeling of magic every child experiences when the moon follows him home.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 06/13/2013
ISBN: 9780399233425
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.80h x 9.30w x 0.40d
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Highly Commended

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2013
School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2013 pg. 101
Booklist 06/01/2013 pg. 109
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 8 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 160529 / Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Reading Level: 2.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5