The Man in the Moon -- William Joyce, Hardcover

In the first book of a multibook series, find out how a round, jolly baby became the great white hope of the Milky Way--and ringleader of the Guardians of Childhood.

Up there in the sky.
Don't you see him?
No, not the moon.
The Man in the Moon.

He wasn't always a man.
Nor was he always on the moon.

He was once a child.
Like you.

Until a battle,
a shooting star,
and a lost balloon
sent him on a quest.

Meet the very first guardian of childhood.
MiM, the Man in the Moon.

Author: William Joyce
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/06/2011
Pages: 56
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781442430419
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 146425 / Man in the Moon


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2011
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2011
Booklist 10/01/2011 pg. 95
School Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 108
New York Times Book Review 10/16/2011 pg. 20
New York Times Book Review 10/23/2011 pg. 30
Shelf Awareness 09/06/2011
New Yorker (The) 12/05/2011 pg. 85
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 32 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children's books are his true bailiwick (The Guardians series, Dinosaur Bob series, George Shrinks, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which is also his Academy Award-winning short film, to name a few). He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. Talk to William Joyce and see upcoming work at @HeyBillJoyce on Twitter and Instagram.