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(3) K-3 Over-scheduled girl Moon ponders, "What would it feel like to be free?" One night Moon goes outside to play, dance, and howl with a wolf until her mother's voice calls her home. That Moon is changed by the wolf's example is beautifully depicted in Oliver's gorgeous mixed-media art: (purple-skinned) Moon's slumped posture in the beginning contrasts strikingly with her proud stance at book's end.

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