How the Moon Regained Her Shape - by Janet Ruth Heller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans. Then she regains her full shape, happiness, and self-esteem. The moon also returns to her orbit. An educational appendix called -For Creative Minds- gives advice about bullying, scientific information about the moon, and ideas for related crafts, recipes, and games for children.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Bullied by the sun, the once cheerful moon dwindles until helped by numerous women. Both the folktale-like story and the art are clearly influenced by Native American culture. The mixed-media illustrations are attractive. - Horn Book Guide<br><br>The book is lavishly illustrated, by Ben Hodson... Very worthwhile are the instructions at the end of the book on how to observe the Moon, and projects for creating a lunar calendar and directions for illustrating the cycles of the Moon in the night sky. - Science Books & Films<br><br>This is a wonderful story with outstanding illustration and usefulness. - Children's Literature<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ben Hodson is an award-winning illustrator of nearly twenty books. He loves creating art and he also loves a good adventure, like hiking the Rocky Mountains with a team of rescued wild burros, living in a mountain village in Nepal, or drawing comics with youth in South Africa. Ben created the artwork for How the Moon Regained Her Shape using acrylic paints, handmade papers, old wallpaper, pencil crayons, gesso, and ink on watercolor paper. He illustrates full time from his home in Ottawa, Canada. Visit Ben's website: http: //www.benhodson.ca/
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