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  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101917770
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00

When the Moon Comes





In this atmospheric story, a group of kids play hockey on a frozen lake by moonlight. At once nostalgic and timely, this is a gorgeous book that will speak to readers young and old.

In this atmospheric story, a group of kids play hockey on a frozen lake by moonlight. At once nostalgic and timely, this is a gorgeous book that will speak to readers young and old.

The beaver flood has finally frozen--perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it's Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment.

Finally, it arrives: the full moon.

They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it--their perfect ice, waiting.

And the game is on.

When the moon Comes is steeped in tradition and nostalgia: for hockey, for childhood, for a simpler time. The beauty of the text is matched by the brilliant, rich illustrations that wonderfully capture the magic of a moonlit night in winter.

  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9781101917770
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $35.00

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Praise for When the Moon Comes

PRAISE FOR Matt James:
The Pirate's Bed:
"What sets The Pirate's Bed apart from other tales of its ilk is the main character - the bed itself .... James also has an impressive ability to convey the emotional journey of the secret-laden bed, especially through its bedpost eyes. This unique viewpoint, both in narrative and art, makes The Pirate's Bed charming and memorable."
--Quill & Quire

I Know Here:
"James's naive style has an infectious, unfettered energy. Croza's spare text captures the narrator's feelings of displacement with poetic immediacy."
--Quill & Quire

"Matt James calibrates his paintings to convey the relationship between memory and art, between what a child sees and how she recalls the experience of seeing. . . . The layering of paint, the dark outlines of animals and objects, the piling on and scratching away: all these techniques find parallels in the workings of memory."
--The New York Times

Northwest Passage:
"Both realistic and allusive, these images are as haunting as the song. For U.S. readers, an illumination of a little-known history; for all Americans, a treasure." --Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW

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