The Snowman in the Moon

Stephen Heigh
KRBY Creations, LLC (2006)
ISBN 0974571555
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (6/06)

My first response when I started reading award winning “The Snowman in the Moon” was – “what age is this book for?”  I then looked at the cover and noted it was of ages 2-8, and the “inner child in all of us.”  That’s it; it grasped the attention of my “inner child” immediately.

This is a sweet story of two children living in Woodstream County.  It hadn’t snowed in the county for years and everyone wished for a huge snowfall. One December evening two children look up in the sky and saw the clouds forming like a snowman, and as they looked further, they saw a face of a snowman in the moon.  In all the excitement they told the people in their town of what they saw.

No one believed them – there was no snow in the forecast.  The “sign” that the two children had was discounted as childhood dreams. However, the children believed it was a real snowman in the moon, and they knew deep inside that it would snow.

As the community slept through the night, the snowman had work to do.  The next morning as the children and the people in the town awakened, they found their wish had come true. It had snowed.

“The Snowman in the Moon” is a page turner for any child.  The illustrations, done by the author, are very effective.  One can spend time on each page enjoying the characters, scenery, and actions - certainly an added feature to this book. I give Stephen Heigh a “high five” on this one. 

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