Floyd Cooper
Has the moon ever followed youÂ home at night?,Max loves his grandpa.Â When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa reminds Max that the moon above them at Grandpaâ€™s house is the same moon that will follow him all the way home. And on that swervy-curvy car ride back home MaxÂ smiles as the moon tags along, thinking of Grandpa. But when the sky darkens and the moon disappears behind clouds, Max worries thatÂ it did not follow him home after all. Yet when the clouds part and light streams through his window, he realizes that Grandpa was rightâ€”the moon was with him all along.Floyd Cooper received the Coretta Scott King Award forÂ ,The Blacker the Berry,, two Coretta Scott KingÂ HonorsÂ forÂ ,Honey in Broomwheat Tea, andÂ ,IÂ Have Heard ofÂ a Land,,Â and an NAACPÂ image award. His books have also been named to numerous best books list and been given many Parents Choice Awards.Â  In ,Max and the Tag-Along Moon,, his lush paintings perfectly capture the wonder of the moon, the love between grandfather and grandson, and that feeling of magic every child experiences when the moon follows him home.,Â 
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Max and the Tag-Along Moon