The moon and back – all before bathtime? Whatever next! Join Baby Bear as he finds a rocket and blasts off into space. He’ll make friends with an owl, and have a yummy picnic on the moon. But will he make it home in time for his warm bath and cosy bed? If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting the moon (or gone there yourself), you’ll love this tale of star-spangled magic. Voyage to the moon and stars in a cardboard box, as only a small person can.

A wondrous, magical tale of the power of imagination

Beautifully told with Jill Murphy’s trademark humour

By the author of Peace at Last and Five Minutes’ Peace

Celebrates the richness and innocence of a child’s world

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780230015470

Publisher

Macmillan Children's Books

Date published

July 6th, 2007

Lexile measure

AD500L Lexiles are the global standard in reading assessment. They are unique as they are able to measure a child and a book on the same scale – ensuring the right book gets to the right child at the right time.

For more details see What is a lexile?.

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 2.0; Lower years; 0.5 points

Other details

32 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Jill Murphy

Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories. “My earliest memory (my mum tells me I was two), is sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by sheets of drawings.” By the age of six she was stapling her own little storybooks together.

Jill went to a strict convent, and left at sixteen to attend both Chelsea and Croydon art schools. At only eighteen she finished her first novel, The Worst Witch, which was based heavily on her own experiences at the convent school. Three big London publishers turned it down so Jill put it in a drawer and went off to work in a children’s home and as a nanny.

When Jill was twenty four, The Worst Witch was finally published, and was an instant best-seller. Jill became a freelance author and illustrator and many more wonderful books followed. Mildred Hubble has gone on to several more adventures, most recently The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star, and even her own TV show. The Large Family stories are Jill’s other best known stories, picture books telling of the domestic chaos of a family of elephants.

She now lives in Cornwall with her son Charlie.