Product Description

Mother Moon is looking for her child. As she calls for him, her tears turn into stars that fall into the sea and are rescued, along with her little one, by a lot of otters. These playful animals cavort and rollick in the starlight until Mother Moon looks down and sees them--and her child, safe and sound. Barbara Helen Berger's poetic words and luminous illustrations are beautifully fused in this dreamlike tale that is just perfect for bedtime.

"Toddlers are sure to delight in the mischievous antics of all those whiskery otters."--School Library Journal starred review

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2037586 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
PreS. Mother Moon's little one has been cast adrift and finds himself alone at sea until a raucous lot of otters comes to the rescue and a happy return ensues. A starlit, "sweet dreams" selection.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews
The title may give the impression that this is a counting book; instead, Berger (The Jewel Heart, 1994, etc.) presents an exquisitely composed and tender fantasy, melding text and pictures so well that one could not exist without the other. She calibrates the pacing of this picture book perfectly: The first page shows a toddler walking with a book; the baby climbs into a box at the title page; at the opening of the real story, the child begins reading the book, about ``Mother Moon'' looking for her child, her ``moonlet.'' What the child sees on the picture-book page is the scene readers see; from there, the events are nonstop: The toddler drops the book, and an otter spots it from underwater. That otter reads the book aloud to a group of otters treading water, including one who floats on her back with her baby lying upon her like a fuzzy teddy bear. The moon-mother's tears fall into the sea, turning into stars--a folktale element that allows for lovely compositions as the otters dive for the stars. Mother and moonlet--who turns out to be the toddler--are reunited. Themes of independence, separation, and reunion are all given play in a book in which sweet otters act like children and look like expertly drafted, favorite stuffed animals, floating and dozing off at the end. (Picture book. 2-6) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Ingram
Moonlet, the young son of Mother Moon, washes up and finds himself surrounded by otters who, having heard Mother Moon weep for her child, alert her about his whereabouts through their cries from below."