When Moose Was Young - Hardcover

Kindergarten-Grade 3-- In Going the Moose Way Home (Scribners, 1988), Latimer and Carrick created the wonderfully endearing Moose, who returns here in a kind of prequel, describing his adventures as a younger moose. In the first of the four stories, Moose, "a hill on hoofs and thin stork legs," travels bravely through the broccoli forest to search for Skunk, who's gone to look for crab apples. In the second, a very young Moose finds a stubborn porcupine in Pigeon's nest. No one can figure out how to make Porcupine leave, and he is eventually made an Honorary Squirrel and a Bird for Life. In the third, Moose meets a group of turkeys dressed as pilgrims celebrating Thanksgiving, which they do every Thursday, because Thanksgiving is the only day they rise above being mere turkeys. In the slightly mysterious fourth, Fox shares a dream in which the Moosewood animals travel to the end of the county road and find a carousel. These entrancing, sweet, and whimsical stories are all about friendship, and about gentle, caring animals who live as we all should live. They are also inspired nonsense. Carrick has again affectionately brought Moose and Moosewood to vivid, humorous life. Several of the illustrations were finished by Rae Ecklund from Carrick's sketches after Carrick's death. --Leda Schubert, Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier
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This quartet of stories, a sequel to Going the Moose Way Home , brings back Moose, Skunk, Newt, Frog and the rest of the gang from Moosewood. Whether venturing into the dark and scary Broccoli Forest in search of a lost friend, or frolicking with a group of wild turkeys, Moose emerges once again as a veritable Eagle Scout of the animal world--a loyal friend and a quietly unassuming hero. The illustrations, some of which were completed after Carrick's death last year (despite Ecklund's best efforts, there is a discernable break in style in some of her renderings), adroitly reveal the playful, dreamy world that is Moosewood. It's a world readers will happily visit again and again. Ages 6-8.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.