Falling asleep on the ride home one night, a girl awakes in her bed the next morning to find the moon she'd been admiring through the car window is now in her own backyard. "Morning had missed us. In darkness, the town awoke and went to work." Everyone is moonstruck without even knowing it. The teacher writes "1+1=moon" on the board. People yawn and drift through the day. Meanwhile, the girl's mom hides the moon under a patchwork of blankets, and the tide drifts into their yard. Adam Rex's picture book is a beautifully balanced blend of words and pictures. The spare, lyrical storytelling takes a funny premise and makes it softly surreal, so that the humor is sleepy and muted and perfect for the dreamlike tone of a story that ends with another car trip, to lure the moon back into the sky. The girl falls asleep in the car once again, setting up the idea that it's all just a dream. But what a dream! (Ages 4-8)

What do you do when the moon lowers itself into your backyard?
When mornings are replaced by perpetual night,
and people sigh-sleep in their eyes.
What do you do when the tide comes in,
and all the neighborhood dogs won't stop howling?

You take the moon for a ride.

Adam Rex creates a fantastic tale that is both imaginative and beautiful; one that blurs the line between dreams and reality.