Willoughby & The Moon

Foley, G. E. (2010). Willoughby & the Moon . New York: Balzer & Bray.
Interest Level: K-3
Reading Level: 2-3

Willoughby and The Moon is about a little boy named Willoughby who is scared of the dark. As the moon gets smaller and smaller, there is less and less light coming into his room. One night he sees a light coming from his closet. When he goes to check it out, he finds the moon in his closet and a snail searching for a ball. They go on many adventures together and help each other conquer their fears.

Willoughby & The Moon has beautiful illustrations that really add to the story. This book would be great to use as a fiction story in a unit about outer space. It would also be great to use in an aluminum art project. Also it talks about conquering fears, and that is a good conversation to have with students and could be a good writing prompt.