Stop Following Me, Moon!

PreS-Gr 1—A hungry bear wanders through the forest collecting food for a feast with no regard for who it may belong to or who may have been eating it. With arms full of ill-gotten goods, he notices the moon following him. Bear tries to make his escape all the while protesting his innocence and demanding the moon stop following him. His escape involves all manner of stolen conveyances—bicycle, motor boat, hand glider, forest ranger truck, and a failed attempt at misdirection (look, Bigfoot!). He succeeds all too well when the moon is obscured by a cloud, and Bear is suddenly in the dark—a place he doesn't like at all. He begs for the moon to return and promises to be nice. Bathed again in moonlight, Bear makes good on his promise. He shares his hoarded food in an impromptu moonlit feast with all those from whom it was purloined. Farrell's illustrations, pencil with digital finger painting, are integral to the text and feature circle-eyed woodland creatures, humans, and, of course, the moon. The great expressions and action sequences are perfect. And while Bear is the star of the show, eagle-eyed readers will see some hilarious background scenes of thieving foxes and beavers, not to mention a Bigfoot cameo or two.