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Mo and the Moon Jar

A Bedtime Story

by Wren Halloway (pen name)

Type
Picture book
Ages
2–5
Style
Watercolor
Length
10 pages

Mo can't sleep, so she scoops a little moonlight into a jar to make the dark feel smaller. But the moon looks lonely without it. A gentle bedtime story about bravery, kindness and giving things back.

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  1. Illustration: Mo lying wide awake in a small bed hugging Pip, a dim cozy bedroom at night, blue shadows, a window showing the round moon

    Mo could not sleep. The night was too dark, and the dark was too big, even with Pip the rabbit tucked under her chin.

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  2. Illustration: Mo kneeling on her bed at the open window, chin on her hands, gazing up at a big bright full moon, Pip beside her

    Through the window, the moon was round and bright. “If I had some moonlight,” Mo whispered, “the dark would be small.”

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  3. Illustration: Mo tiptoeing barefoot along a moonlit garden path holding an empty glass jar, Pip under her arm, a fat ginger cat asleep on the back step

    So Mo found an empty jar. She tiptoed past the kitchen, past the sleeping cat, and out into the silver garden.

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  4. Illustration: Mo on tiptoe on top of a low stone garden wall, reaching her glass jar up into the sky as a ribbon of silver moonlight swirls into it

    She climbed onto the garden wall, stretched up as high as she could and — whoosh! — scooped a little moonlight into the jar.

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  5. Illustration: Mo back in her bedroom, the glass jar glowing warm and milky on her bedside table, lighting the room softly, Mo smiling with Pip

    The jar glowed soft and warm, like a lamp made of milk. Mo set it beside her bed, and the dark got smaller.

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  6. Illustration: Mo at the window looking worried, outside only a thin pale crescent moon with little stars clustered around it in a dark sky, the jar glowing behind her

    But when Mo peeked outside, the moon looked smaller too. It was thin and pale, and the stars huddled close around it.

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  7. Illustration: Close view of Mo holding the glowing jar against her chest with a thoughtful kind expression, Pip peeking from her arm, the thin moon visible through the window

    “Oh,” said Mo. “You need your light. Everybody gets a bit scared of the dark sometimes. Maybe even moons.”

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  8. Illustration: Mo standing in the night garden holding the open jar up high, a glowing ball of moonlight floating up out of it toward the sky, Pip at her feet

    So Mo carried the jar back to the garden. She unscrewed the lid, and the moonlight floated up, up, up, like a slow balloon.

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  9. Illustration: A wide view of the garden bathed in silver light from a big round full moon, Mo and Pip small in the middle looking up and smiling, the ginger cat on the wall

    The moon grew round and bright again. It shone on the garden, on the cat, on the wall, and on Mo, as if to say thank you.

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  10. Illustration: Mo fast asleep in bed hugging Pip, the empty jar on the bedside table, soft moonlight falling across the blanket from the window, a peaceful mood

    Back in bed, the dark didn't feel so big any more. The moon was keeping watch. “Sleep well, moon,” said Mo, and she and Pip fell fast asleep.

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