Happy Birthday Moon, by Frank Asch

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Happy Birthday Moon, by Frank Asch

Let's designate Monday as Classic Picture Book Throwback Day, shall we?

For our first Classic Picture Book Throwback, I choose Happy Birthday Moon, by Frank Asch.

The story, more than the pictures, propel this story. 

We meet Moonbear. He decides that the moon needs a birthday present. 

So he gets one. Isn't it amazing how Moonbear gives the moon his wonderful present?

Without revealing spoilers, I will say that the rest of the story is just as clever. The moon loses its present. There is great conflict over this loss.

And you will be grateful to know that Lessons Are Learned!

Namely, what someone does reflects on the doer rather than on the receiver. 

Would that I had the means to buy a thousand of these books and hand them out on the street. As a classic, it's a must-have for any library, a sweet, lovely story with a lasting message.