Written by Thomas King and illustrated by Johnny Wales

Every evening, Old Woman and the animals gather at the pond to serenade the moon. They won’t let Coyote join them because they think he has a terrible singing voice. His feelings hurt, Coyote insults the moon, who hears him and decides to go on a vacation.

Without the moon’s light, Old Woman and the animals stumble about in the dark. When all efforts to entice the moon back fail, they ask coyote to join them in one last desperate scheme.

I wasn’t impressed with either the art work or the story in this book, but Steven loved it. After a difficult day, he sat enthralled while I read about the interactions of the forest animals and the moon.

Perhaps he liked the ‘singing’ bits where Grams tried to howl like a coyote (and he joined in). (3½ stars)

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