I Took the Moon for a Walk
Author: Carolyn Curtis
Illustrator: Alison Jay
Genre: Fantasy
Grade Level: PreK-3

A young boy tells the story of how he took the moon for a walk. There wasn't any strings or leash the moon just followed behind him. He brought his own light and the moon hid its face but peeked through the clouds of lace. He warned the moon to go higher so he wouldn't run into the church's spire. They swung together and dances together. It followed him home and stayed there all night. And thanked the boy by sharing his light.

This book can be used in the classroom to learn about rhyming words. A guided reading can be done asking the class which rhyming words they see on the page or what would come next.

The illustrations of this book are very colorful and fun. They boy and the moon are bigger than the scenery for the most part giving the illusion that both are flying high over it. Not the whole pages of the book are filled with illustration. Lots of white space is used to create a cool and interesting design throughout the book.