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No One Walks on My Father's Moon

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My daughter read it aloud to me twice. I could see that she was moved. This is an excellent book for youngsters who are trying to make sense of different opinions, who are exposed to several world-views. It's a story about inter-generational understanding. A special book for sensitive, searching young souls.

There once lived a boy who was eager to learn all this great world could teach him.

(From the text.)

Recommended for ages 9 through adult.

A boy races home to share the exciting news with his father: a man has walked on the moon! But he is hurt and bewildered by his father's reaction. "No man can walk on the face of God's shining light!" Seeking only to understand, the boy learns to reconcile scientific discovery with religious poetry. He learns that "in truth is the many in one," and allows that truth to return him to love.

The story could be written of any time or place where truth is perceived as "either/or." In this tale of father and son, the conflicts of generations, cultures and creeds are viewed from the depth of understanding and heart of compassion that have endeared Ms. Curtis to readers worldwide.

Rebecca Hyland's illustrations resonate with the sensitivity that has made No One Walks on My Father's Moon a treasure, utilized in university-level Children's Literature/Critical Theory classrooms and discussed in articles such as that which appeared in Tikkun Magazine, Spring 2010 (http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/mar2010wend-walker).

No One Walks on My Father's Moon was honored in 1997 with the Washington State Governor's Writers Award.

There once lived a boy who was eager to learn all this great world could teach him.

(From the text.)

Recommended for ages 9 through adult.

A boy races home to share the exciting news with his father: a man has walked on the moon! But he is hurt and bewildered by his father's reaction. "No man can walk on the face of God's shining light!" Seeking only to understand, the boy learns to reconcile scientific discovery with religious poetry. He learns that "in truth is the many in one," and allows that truth to return him to love.

The story could be written of any time or place where truth is perceived as "either/or." In this tale of father and son, the conflicts of generations, cultures and creeds are viewed from the depth of understanding and heart of compassion that have endeared Ms. Curtis to readers worldwide.

Rebecca Hyland's illustrations resonate with the sensitivity that has made No One Walks on My Father's Moon a treasure, utilized in university-level Children's Literature/Critical Theory classrooms and discussed in articles such as that which appeared in Tikkun Magazine in Spring 2010 ([...]).

No One Walks on My Father's Moon was honored in 1997 with the Washington State Governor's Writers Award.