Or buy Happy Birthday, Moon from Fishpond. This is a great picture book to share with a young school class, providing a chance to explore the concept of echoes.Ĭheck out Happy Birthday, Moon at Auckland Libraries. When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as. When it’s Moonbear’s turn to hide, the moon finds him every time. Author: Frank Asch, Illustrator: Dan Diggles. This time, when he calls, “Hello,” his voice echoes and to Bear’s delight he hears the moon reply, “Hello!” It gets ridiculously cute from that point on. Moonbear worries he’s lost the moon forever in this charming reissue of a beloved classic by award-winning author and illustrator Frank Asch.One night Moonbear decides to play hide-and-seek with the moon. I read it for the first time a few months ago, and thinking about it now still makes me smile.īear decides the moon needs a birthday present, but first of all he needs to find out the date of moon’s birthday. So he climbs a tree and calls out, “Hello!” The moon is strangely silent, so Bear travels closer, climbing into the mountains. Originally published in 1982, Happy Birthday, Moon has been updated and reprinted this year. Today is my birthday “Happy Birthday me.” To celebrate, I’m giving you all a virtual hug in the form of Happy Birthday, Moon, a picture book that is as close to a hug as I could find.
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