OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD--Double-gold medalist begins simply in baby sea turtle's voice: "I'm coming Mama, I'll see you soon, I know just how, I'll follow the moon."
Celebrating
the love between mother and child comes an achingly beautiful story
that has captured hearts around the world. Written by a new mom, by
accident, when she sang a little song to her fussing newborn, I'll Follow the Moon proudly donates proceeds to charity: every book saves a turtle.
[G]orgeous
watercolors chronicle the journey of a baby sea turtle from its
hatching to its first swim in the sea." --Kirkus Reviews
"[C]aptivates children with poetry..." --New York Times
"[A] tiny one-inch hatchling teaches the world about courage...utterly magnificent..." --San Francisco Chronicle
"[B]aby
turtle wins hearts everywhere, expect your kids to hug you tight after
the first read...expect to be asked to read again and again and
again..." --USA Today
"[I]'m coming Mama, I'll see you soon, I
know just how, I'll follow the moon...we can't get baby turtle's song
out of our heads....achingly sweet little bedtime book for wee ones."
--Huffington Post
"[N]o surprise at all that this book has a
worldwide toddler-cult following...baby turtles serenades us all so
sweetly with his song of home. Proceeds to turtle charities too!"
--National Geographic
"[H]ats off to this turtle hatchling who has
garnered millions of fans across the planet...a tiny activist who is
saving his own kind...bravo." --World Wildlife Fund
"[S]tephanie
Lisa Tara and Canadian illustrator Lee Edward Fodi have teamed up to
create a lyrical rendition of a green sea turtle's first glimpse of
life. Hatched on a moon-washed beach, the baby turtle finds its way by
instinct across the expanse of sand to the sea and a rendezvous with its
mother. Written in simple verse in the first person, the rhythmic text
is full of action and sensory detail and loaded with alliteration and
onomatopoeia for an enjoyable read-aloud. The refrain, "I'm coming,
Mama..." repeated on each double page spread, is soothing and reassuring
of the joyful reunion to come. The atmosphere of a quiet but determined
struggle to break free of the egg soon gives way to growing excitement
as the turtle mingles with fellow hatchlings and catches his first
tempting sensations: the smell of salt air, the sight of the moon's
glow, the gentle touch and beckoning sounds of the waves rushing to
shore. Once he's free of the land, new motions take over: gulp, spin,
float, swim...The final happy refrain is new and satisfying: "I'm here,
Mama - here with you. I know I'd find you, Moon did too. "[F]ramed by
endpapers of soft, limitless, under sea green, Fodi's delightful
illustrations feature an animated and engaging baby emerging from an egg
buried in golden sand. With other tiny turtles, he is shown plowing
through the damp sand, sampling the salty sea air and marching
unerringly toward the moonlight glimmer, his guide to the ocean. Once
afloat, he soon comes face to face with "eyes like mine" in his new
watery home. The gold of sand, blue of sky and green of the sea repeated
throughout the book bring a sense of harmony. The turtle is the focal
point of all the pictures. The illustrator has carefully integrated the
turtle's actions with Tara's verse which relies heavily on verbs: roll,
slide, tumble......crawl, scoop, shove. Young children will be propelled
through the story in the illustrations as well as the text." *Highly
Recommended. Gillian Richardson, who lives in BC, is a former
teacher-librarian and freelance writer. --Canadian Materials Magazine,
Gillian Richardson
"[I]n this tranquil bedtime story, a baby sea
turtle hatches on the beach and wants to find his mother. And he knows
just how -- he 'll follow the moon! --Books of Wonder
