Looking for a Moose
Paperback – Picture Book, July 22, 2008
Candlewick Press · Paperback · July 22, 2008
An ear-tickling, eye-teasing romp for little listeners, led by an award-winning author and illustrator.
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- Who it’s for
- A sing-song search and buoyant illustrations make spotting the elusive moose a pleasure to revisit.
- Themes
- Searching for a moose, Exploring woods and wetlands
- Pacing
- Fast
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An ear-tickling, eye-teasing romp for little listeners, led by an award-winning author and illustrator. Do you really, really want to see a moose — a long-leggy moose — a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose? Spurred by Phyllis Root's sing-songy text and Randy Cecil's buoyant illustrations, this hunt for an elusive moose through woods, swamps, bushes, and hills is just as fun as the final surprise discovery of moose en masse.
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Children will laugh at the running visual joke — what is that little dog looking at? — and ask for repeated reads of this satisfying tale.
Moose Hunt Merriment
A sing-song search and buoyant illustrations make spotting the elusive moose a pleasure to revisit.
Come here for
- Rhythmic language with a playful, ear-catching bounce
- A running visual joke about a little dog's gaze
Expect
- A hunt through woods, swamps, bushes, and hills
- A satisfying surprise, with moose en masse
Where it sits
| Deer, Moose & Caribou | 93% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 92% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Deer, Moose & Caribou
- Exploration & Discovery
- Nature & Wildlife
- Authors
- Phyllis Root
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- July 22, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Searching for a moose · Exploring woods and wetlands
- Reading lane
- Deer, Moose & Caribou