When the Moon Comes (Hardcover)

from VictoriaBrodersen

Every aspect of this delightful memory is entrawling. The narrator is not the child in charge of the adventure, making it feel as if you the reader really could become the narrator and participate yourself. The dustcover, cover and pages teem with gorgeous image after image to tantalize the eye o...

from pmarshall

# 164. [When the Moon Comes], [[Paul Harbridge]] Stephen Leacock wrote "In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, an affirmation that despite the deadly chill of winter we are alive." The beaver spill freezes perfectly in early December without a ripple in the ...

from Kellswitch

Children wait for just the right moment to go skating by moonlight. I have to get this out of the way, it has nothing to do with the quality of the book but as a former early childhood educator I cannot endorse letting children go hiking at night to skate on untested ice. I could not get through...

from palaephata

The whimsy of this book is really dazzling. The plot is simple: a group of children slip outside (they send one of their number back for warmer clothes) to play ice hockey in the moonlight. There is no tension; instead, this is a descriptive, vivid story of a fantastic night out. I especially lov...

from StephLamb

When The Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge, illustrated by Matt James and published by Tundra Books If you are someone or have someone on your list who remembers cold nights waiting for the lake/pond to freeze to lace up the skates then run to pick up this stunning picture book. The story takes me ba...