'"I Took the Moon for a Walk" is ideal for shared reading, or sampling the pleasures of verse and imaginative language in the classroom, at key stage 1' - "Times Educational Supplement". This work is illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Alison Jay, also the illustrator of partner book "Listen, Listen!" available in the same format. This work features large format text that allows parents to share this beautiful story and illustrations with the youngest children, and is set in lyrical rhyme with language which will encourage reader confidence, working as a story with Predictable Structure and Patterned Language for the National Curriculum.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1998 by Barefoot Books Ltd .

Carolyn Curtis is an author and Special Education classroom aid wh has also worked as an early childhood music teacher and in publishing. Her writing is often inspired by nature and she enjoys thinking through ideas outdoors. Alison Jay graduated from the London College of Printing and worked in animation studios before moving into children's book illustrations. She loves to paint animals and works in alkyd a fast=drying oil paint, over which she applies a cracle glaxe varnish to create her instantly recognizable style. Alison Jay's signature style, which features distinctive crackle varnishing, has also been featured in Barefoot Books titles Listen, Listen and I Took the Moon for a Walk.