Moose, Of Course!

by Lynn Plourde

A persistent young boy tries everything he can think of to attract a moose, but it isn't until he is forced to do nuthin that he is successful.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

I write kids' books--talk about a FUN job! I worked for 21 years as a speech-language therapist in Maine schools. When I got married, I got 3 & 4-year-old stepsons as part of my ready-made family. I read the boys picture books at bedtime. They fell asleep after 2 or 3 books, but I kept reading stacks and stacks of picture books and started to dream . . . maybe I could write picture books. I was already writing educational books (listening & speaking ideas for the classroom), but PICTURE BOOKS--that was different!

Different, and sloooooow! I had 13 years of rejections before getting my first book published, Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud, and I still get more rejections than acceptances--even after having more than 40 books published. So I'm still an author-in-training--learning to be a better author all the time.

I LOVE writing, the whole creative process. I also LOVE sharing my books with kids at schools: doing interactive readings, turning one of my books into a play, and teaching students how to plan and write different kinds of stories (i.e. problem stories, character stories, graphic novel scenes, fables) modeled after my books.

I love to try new kinds of writing such as poetic stories, a biography, a graphic novel, and more. Writing new kinds of stories is a challenge, but it makes writing fun and keeps me interested in the process.

Reviews

[Alyssa Doughty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good. I loved the illustrations on each page. They were very colorful and definitely would be engaging for kids. It is about a little boy who heads out to look for a moose and even though people tell him to give up he does not listen. Eventually as he was about to give up he got to see a whole family of moose.

[Heather Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moose, of Course!Lynn Plourde this book was good, along with the rhyming in it as well.

[Baby Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

My five month old loved all of the fun sounds in this book so much he giggled. We loved it!

[Ashlyn Fitzgerald · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book keeps young readers engaged with the repetitive phrases. It could also be used to teach kids to not give up when people are bringing you down and to work hard for what they want.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so cute!
Catchy prose, classic illustrations, and a local author to boot!

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

[Kaley Coburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I choose the book because of my fascination with moose, and it did not disappoint. It was a fun word filled book with colorful and cute illustrations

[Kayla · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really have a hard time appreciating repetitive books. I wanted to like this one, but it was just alright.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoy reading this to the pre-k students. It's always a hit with them & they are the best judge of fun books.

[Wally Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great fun! Typical Lynn Plourde... fun with language. With the focus moose, this is great for Maine kids.