The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda and Squirrel

(Hardback)

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Join Panda and Squirrel in nine funny, wise and thoughtful stories about the meaning of friendship by two world greats of childrens literature. Perfect for emerging readers.

Panda and Squirrel have an unbreakable friendship. They cant live without each other and do everything together: lie on the rocks to look at the moon, take walks, play games. One of their journeys lasts for only two steps, another day they discover a newly hatched duckling. Sometimes they argue but they always make up again. This is a friendship for any day: roaring, quiet, grumbling, snoring...always.

This beautiful hardback storybook, with full-color illustrations throughout, features down-to-earth and warm-hearted friendship stories that reach straight from the soul of one six-year-old to another.

Perfect for emerging readers or for reading aloud together, its a book to read again and again.

Written by Ed Franck, one of Belgiums most important and innovative childrens writers, and illustrated by Th Tjong-Khing, a world-leading illustrator for children, whose many accolades include nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Translated from the Dutch edition by David Colmer.

Reviews

"Full of heart and gentle humor, Panda andSquirrel are sure to please."

"[an]upbeat, curiosity-inducing early reader."

"Enjoyable."

"Families who love short, illustrated fiction featuring animals, such asThe Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Graham or Ulf Nilsson'sDetective Gordonseries."

Author Bio

Ed Franck is one of Belgiums most important and innovative childrens writers. He writes for all ages and in all genres: from songs for toddlers to YA novels, detective stories and poetry. He has twice won the prestigious Cultuurprijs of the Flemish Community for Youth Literature.

Th Tjong-Khing is a childrens book illustrator based in the Netherlands. He was born in Indonesia, attended the Seni Rupa Arts Institute in Bandung, and moved to the Netherlands in 1956.Th has won the Golden Pencil Award (a major Dutch childrens book award) three times and the Woutertje Pieterse Prize for Best Dutch Childrens Book and wasnominated for the German Youth Literature Prize.