Under the Moon

French, Vivian

ISBN 10: 0744524318 / ISBN 13: 9780744524314

Published by Walker Books Ltd, 1993

About this Item

hardback, slim octavo. A very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust jacket which has faded mildly toward the spine. Inscribed to a previous owner and signed under by the authoress. Illustrated by Chris Fisher, 95pp.

Seller Inventory # 273511

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Under the Moon
• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0744524318
• ISBN 13: 9780744524314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In three stories, a little old woman cleans the cobwebs from the sky, Little Ivan is taken away by Old Mother Wolf, and a small green child is produced by a log of applewood.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4-A collection of three short stories. "Under the Moon" is the tale behind the nursery rhyme, "There was an old lady tossed up in a basket/seventeen times as high as the moon." Once the compulsive cleaner has exhausted all household opportunities to polish and dust, she is approached by the unnamed man-in-the-moon to get the cobwebs out of the sky, which she does. "Little Ivan" doesn't listen to Grandmother and is taken away by Old Mother Wolf. Grandmother is no fool, however; she rescues him and sends him to school so that if ever the old wolf comes back to the forest to sing her songs, there will be no child to carry away. A poor boy's luck changes when he makes friends with "The Apple Child," a sprite sprung from burning applewood. The greed of an old neighbor, plus the evil doings of her elderwood bogle, provide a chance for the Apple Child to show his tricky nature. The stories read aloud smoothly, with enough playful language and dialogue to amuse both tellers and listeners. Children are likely to respond to the folktalelike resonances in plot, character, setting, and pattern. Fisher's black-line drawings are frequent enough to hold the interest of younger readers.
Susan Hepler, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
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