Mooncake

One night, when Bear and his friend, Little Bird, are watching the moon, Bear feels hungry and wishes he could take a bite out of the moon. He’s certain it would taste delicious, but Little Bird isn’t so sure. So Bear tries to get a taste of the moon by using his bow and arrow to shoot a spoon toward the moon. But the moon is too far away. So Bear decides to build a rocket ship.

Will Bear get to the moon? And what will he think about the taste of the moon?

A beloved classic, this is a perfect bedtime story for parents and young children to share. It’s delightfully silly in a way that young children appreciate and the underlying theme of friendship is an important one for all children to learn.

Highly recommended.

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 show more 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. show less

One night while watching the moon, Moonbear turns to Little Bird and asks, "I wonder what the moon tastes like?" The ever-curious Moonbear begins a quest that ends up taking him all the way to the moon and back again.

Summary: Bear decides he wants to go taste the moon in this book. He wants little bird to go with him but little bird has to lead his flock of birds for migration. So, Bear gets enough courage to go without his friend. He gets to taste the dirt and thinks it tastes good. He then makes it back to little bird. Response: Another cute book. I continue to enjoy the illustrations. The writing is very simple as well for a young reader. Connection: This would be a good class discussion book or book at home with kids to talk about courage. Also how Bear really wanted something and went after 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.

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

One night bear and his friend little bird was looking at the moon and grew hungry. They wanted to taste the moon! Bear first tried to taste the moon with bow and arrow and a spoon. That didn’t work. Bear decided that then he would go to the moon in a rocket ship. Once in the ship bear fell asleep and slept and slept. He awoke during winter and thought all the snow was the moon and he tasted it. Bear went back into the ship and feel asleep once again until spring and told his friend little bird all about his trip.