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staceym's review against another edition
5.0
Great bedtime story. The endnotes are great too to learn about noctural animals and the moon.
shellyk51's review against another edition
5.0
Love this book. I think it has great imagination. It feels like the moon follows you so why not take it for a walk.
fieldsla's review against another edition
4.0
F&P Level H. Cute poem with connections to nighttime activities and nocturnal animals.
ugress's review
inspiring
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
andiwin's review against another edition
5.0
A sweet & poetic bedtime story. We read this every night along with Wynken, Blyknen & Nod. Beautiful pictures.
bookishcb_21's review
5.0
A cute night time story to read to children, plus, it teaches them about nocturnal animals & flowers that are out at night (along with the wondrous moon) 🌝
reader44ever's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars - good
I liked this story, but I'm not in love with the formatting of this picture book. I found it rather difficult to take in, as the text was large and written separately from the illustrations, which were also large. I think I would have enjoyed it more had the text been found within the illustrations.
But it was a good story, with a great story line. I especially enjoyed the humor in the illustrations:The moon loses a shoe when floating over a tall church. And then the next two-page illustration shows the boy carrying the shoe . I really liked this detail. :-)
I also liked the information on the moon's phases and the critters to be found at night that was on the last two pages. :-)
I liked this story, but I'm not in love with the formatting of this picture book. I found it rather difficult to take in, as the text was large and written separately from the illustrations, which were also large. I think I would have enjoyed it more had the text been found within the illustrations.
But it was a good story, with a great story line. I especially enjoyed the humor in the illustrations:
I also liked the information on the moon's phases and the critters to be found at night that was on the last two pages. :-)
lisas's review
5.0
Beautiful illustrations-- not sure what the medium is but it has that crackle-glaze look to them. Very sweet book about a bedtime stroll with the moon.
xterminal's review
4.0
Carolyn Curtis, I Took the Moon for a Walk (Barefoot Books, 2004)
Full disclosure: since I wrote this review, and in part because of our reactions to Starlight Sailor and I Took the Moon for a Walk, my wife and mother-in-law have become Barefoot Books distributors.
Google Books calls the language in I Took the Moon for a Walk “lyrical”, and they're not just tossing the word around casually. I have looked high and low and found no evidence at all that the words here are based on a song, but if they're not, they're the closest to it in an original piece of pre-lit outside of Sandra Boynton I've ever seen. The rhythm is strong in this one, grasshoppa, and you will not realize how precious that is until you start inundating your household with pre-lit. So much of it (even some that IS based on songs, e.g. Animal Fair above) has rhythm that just doesn't quite work that finding a book like this is something quite special indeed. I loved this one, and Bean did too (though to be fair, he's obsessed right now with anything that mentions, or depicts, the moon); we read it at least three times a week. It doesn't get old. ****
Full disclosure: since I wrote this review, and in part because of our reactions to Starlight Sailor and I Took the Moon for a Walk, my wife and mother-in-law have become Barefoot Books distributors.
Google Books calls the language in I Took the Moon for a Walk “lyrical”, and they're not just tossing the word around casually. I have looked high and low and found no evidence at all that the words here are based on a song, but if they're not, they're the closest to it in an original piece of pre-lit outside of Sandra Boynton I've ever seen. The rhythm is strong in this one, grasshoppa, and you will not realize how precious that is until you start inundating your household with pre-lit. So much of it (even some that IS based on songs, e.g. Animal Fair above) has rhythm that just doesn't quite work that finding a book like this is something quite special indeed. I loved this one, and Bean did too (though to be fair, he's obsessed right now with anything that mentions, or depicts, the moon); we read it at least three times a week. It doesn't get old. ****
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