Bub Moose

by Bill Wallace, Bill Wallace (Joint Author), John Steven Gurney (Illustrator)

Bub and Snow learn not to jump to conclusions about anything or anybody too soon! The husband-and-wife team of Carol and Bill Wallace explore themes of friendship and diversity in this fast-paced, humorous animal fantasy.

Library Binding

First published July 31, 2001

About the author

Bill Wallace was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make “real” books.

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.

Bill Wallace has won numerous children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

Bill Wallace died from Lung cancer on January 30, 2012.

Former elementary school teacher; West Elementary School, Chickasha, OK, principal, since 1977, and physical education teacher. Speaker at schools and universities in various states, including State University of New York and University of South Florida.

AWARDS:

Bluebonnet Award from Texas Association of School Librarians and Children's Round Table and Sequoyah Children's Book Award from Oklahoma State Department of Education, both 1983, Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Nebraska Golden Sowers Award from Nebraska Library Association, 1985, all for A Dog Called Kitty; Central Missouri State University Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, 1984, and Pine Tree Book Award, 1985, both for Trapped in Death Cave.

Reviews

[Jessica Higgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once there was a little moose who couldn’t walk for about 15 minutes strait. He finally started to walk. Then he wanted to go see people who were the most dangerous creatures on earth. He goes to see people in cars and does not know what they are. He also has trouble coming up with a name. Then a beaver helps him with his name. When he talked, he called the moose bub. And the moose named himself Bub. Bub went onto a cliff with his mom to see people and met a tiny wolf named Snow. Snow wanted to play tag, so Bub thought why not. So, Bub played a few rounds until these wolves came (Part of snows pack) and Bub thought they were scary, so he took a step back and then Snow ran into Bub and they fell off a cliff. Then they can’t find their moms and so they wander around the city for a few days until they arrive at a football parade and then Bub’s father finds them and Snow finds his family and they learn a valuable lesson. Not to play tag on a cliff.



I personally loved this book, so I can’t wait to read the next in the series. I would recommend this book to people that like adventure and friendship.

[Felicity The Magnificent · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this book four stars because Bub Moose got lost because he was playing with a wolf named Snow near a cliff's edge. Bob and Snow tried to find a way to come back up the cliff, but they couldn't. Finally, Bub's father found them and brought them back into the woods. Then, all the wolves surrounded Bub and his mother and his father. His father made them go away, but when they left, Snow and Bub winked at each other. -by Felicity

[King Haddock · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute animal book that is a great easy read children's story about a moose and a fox who enter a human city.