Bear and his little friend bird feel hungry one night while looking at the moon and wish to go to the moon to taste it. Soft-lined ,colorful illustrations fill the pages as we follow bear and bird on their unsuccessful attempts to reach the moon. Although the text tells the story, young readers will be taken in by the gentle tone of the pictures that complement the innocence of the characters. When winter nears and they have yet to find a way to the moon, bird flies south and bear continues to work. Once he completes the rocket, he counts down to take off but before he can finish he falls asleep due to exhaustion. When a wind blows the rocket over, it awakens bear. He finds himself surrounded by white (snow) and is excited that he has finally “landed” on the moon. In addition to friendship, the story carries themes of persistence and determination; a nice combination. Pre-K readers will enjoy this sweet picture storybook of two friends on a mission to taste the moon. Mooncake would make a nice read aloud or an independent read for beginners. ( )

This is a really cute book. It shows children that it is okay to have a big imagination! ( )

Bear builds a rocket to take him to the moon so he can taste it.

Bear would like to taste the moon, but he can't reach it. So he builds himself a rocket ship. But during the countdown to blastoff, he falls asleep -- and wakes up in the snowy winter. Believing he was on the moon, he eats some 'mooncake' or snow. Then when heading home, he again falls asleep during the countdown, and wakes up in spring -- believing he had been to the moon and back.