I Took the Moon for a Walk

I Took the Moon for a Walk is ideal for shared reading, or sampling the pleasures of verse and imaginative language in the classroom, at key stage 1' - "Times Educational Supplement". This work is illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Alison Jay, also the illustrator of partner book "Listen, Listen!" available in the same format. This work features large format text that allows parents to share this beautiful story and illustrations with the youngest children, and is set in lyrical rhyme with language which will encourage reader confidence, working as a story with Predictable Structure and Patterned Language for the National Curriculum.

About The Author

Carolyn Curtis has previously worked as an attendant at an animal hospital, a nanny and most recently as a member services co-ordinator at a non-profit parenting organisation. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, MA with a BS in Mass Communication, and her writing is inspired by the many children she has spent time with. Carolyn loves nature, children, animals, reading and music. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two year-old son. Alison Jay lives and works in London. A graduate in illustration from the London College of Printing, Alison has been illustrating children's books for ten years. To create her unique style, she uses alkyd oil paint on paper with a crackling varnish, which gives her illustrations a unique, nostalgic quality. I Took the Moon for a Walk is Alison's first title for Barefoot Books. Her other picture books include ABC, A Child's First Picture Book (2003); A Ladder to the Stars (2003) and The Race (2002).