The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon - Tapa dura

A very special modern fairytale * The Bookseller - Children's Preview * a brilliant adventure...Polly Dunbar's zippy crayon and watercolour illustrations add zest to a story that's already zinging with wacky characters and ideas. As ever, Almond keeps the imaginative thrills in orbit around a sensitive emotional core. * The Daily Telegraph * Polly Dunbar's illustrations capture the delightful eccentricity of the story. * The Observer * A splendidly surreal story about eccentrics...a striking, dreamy, unpredictable fable about self belief and adventure. * The Times * This deceptively simple, surreal tale about freedom, imagination and friendship is illustrated with quirky empathy by Polly Dunbar. * The Sunday Times * I am incredibly impressed by this book and could not recommend it more highly. * dulwichmum.net * The characters are all weird and wonderful but believably human and Paul is just an ordinary little boy, with a highly-active imagination and a pair of worried parents, that all little readers can identify with...a beautifully-presented, endearing modern fairy-tale that you can read together as a family for at least a couple of weeks' worth of quality time at bedtime. * Mad House Family Reviews * This deceptively simple, surreal tale about freedom, imagination and friendship is illustrated with quirky empathy by Polly Dunbar. * Sunday Times * Charming without being twee; quirky without being whimsical; and genius without being clever-clever...this is the kind of book I've always wished The Little Prince had been...combines a depth of understanding and vision with a consummate lightness of touch...quite simply a modern classic. * The Guardian * The most moving book I have read this year...gentle, wacky, utterly memorable and inspiring tale. * The Irish Times * This touching story of Paul, who sees the moon as a hole in the sky, marvellously celebrates freedom and friendship. * The Irish Times * Featured/Recommended * Rossmoor News *

Paul believes that the moon is not the moon, but is a great hole in the sky. It’s one of many strange ideas that he’s never told anyone (at school he was told that he had no ideas at all), until he meets Molly, his irrepressible neighbour, who begins to convince him that his theory might just change the world. Helped by a very long ladder, some highly irregular characters, two rather worried parents and a great deal of community spirit, Paul takes to the sky. But his astonishing discovery there can’t keep him away for long – what is waiting for him back at home is turning out to be better than he’d ever imagined...