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The Moon is Following Me is about a cautious little boy who’s desperately trying to convince his family that the moon is following him each night. Known to be a bit worrisome and over-imaginative, each family member laughs and dismisses his humorous theories as typical make-believe. The catch? He may be right.
This collection of short stories recalls an era when the village was the centre of life in the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Nostalgic, but not sentimental, these stories are based on real events and relate the experiences of a range of characters striving to make a name for themselves; they are people in search of a larger stage.The title story, The Moon is Following Me, paints a picture of school life as it was in the seventies. It features a headmaster who is fond of rum and a teacher who works for half a day only, but it is essentially a story of young love and hope. Take for Two relates the story of Archie, who, on the night he is leaving on a contract to America, is asked by his sweetheart for a ‘special dress’ as a present. When he returns three months later with a wedding dress, he is met with disappointment.Spanish Ladies is based on the murder of a 17-year-old by a preacher. Even now, from this distance, it is painful to recall. The fourth story tells of an unlikely love, brought about by music, and the final story, Taste For Freedom, is an attempt to recreate the early years after the Emancipation.The stories are at times funny and unsettling but rarely sad. These are ‘real’ people, individual, ambitious, mad, vengeful, naïve: they are like villagers everywhere.
Why is the Moon Following Me? is a series of fun, short poems for children to familiarize them with the story of early astronomy. Through the eyes of a curious child, we travel through time and encounter the discoveries of seven great thinkers from antiquity to the end of the Renaissance. Astronomy can be intimidating, even to adults, and this book is also for them, as a way to introduce their kids, and themselves, to some important key concepts.
Has your little one ever told you? “The moon is following me!” Finally a children’s book for inquisitive minds about the mesmerizing moon! Perfect for little ones from birth to grade school, The Moon Follows Me... features high contrast black-and-white photographs with scientific images embedded into the illustrations that will stimulate infants’ eyesight and delight toddlers. Complete with an introduction full of fun facts about the moon, The Moon Follows Me... will give early readers a chance to increase their awareness of rhythms and rhyme, and it is destined to be a classic that will stay on bookshelves for a lifetime.
Most of her six years on earth, Mackenzie has searched for answers to an ever-so-important question. Why is the moon following me? She desperately seeks to know. Does she find the answer to the question that has puzzled her young life?
A young whale falls in love with the moon. On her quest for love, she reaches the most remote corner of earth, the Arctic. In those cold waters, she finds herself alone and disappointed about not finding the moon after so much effort. She meets a couple of wise narwhals who teach her that relationships are complicated, and sometimes they do not end up the way we want. The wise narwhals showed the whale how to find her way back home using the stars as a guide; they also took her on a marvellous journey through night sky mythology.
