Ollie & Moon - Diane Kredensor [1]
“As a matter of fact, it’s very bright,” said Ollie.
“Aha!” Moon cried. “So my surprise is …
ROUND and MUSICAL,
it has LOTS OF COLORS,
it has FUR, HOOVES, and FEATHERS,
and it’s BRIGHT with LIGHTS!”
Ollie slipped and dropped his Brie.
The Brie
rolled round
and round,
down the stairs.
“Hey,” huffed Moon while they were chasing the runaway cheese, “does my surprise spin round and round and round again?”
“As … a matter of fact …,” Ollie puffed, “it … does!”
“Aha!” Moon cried. “So my surprise is …
ROUND and MUSICAL,
it has LOTS OF COLORS,
it has FUR, HOOVES, and FEATHERS,
it’s BRIGHT with LIGHTS,
and it SPINS round and round
and round again!”
“Ollie, I can read you like a book,” said Moon. “I know what my surprise is—it’s an elephant on a unicycle juggling animals while playing the French horn!”
“Nope,” replied Ollie. “Good guess, though.”
“Whew!” said Moon. “I don’t really have space for an elephant in my apartment.”
“Almost there …,” said Ollie.
Just then, they turned the corner, and there before Moon’s eyes was the best surprise ever .…
A CAROUSEL!
“Ta-da!” crowed Ollie. “Happy surprise, Moon!”
Moon loved her carousel ride—even more than she loved guessing.
And Ollie was so very happy that Moon hadn’t guessed what it was—otherwise it wouldn’t have been a surprise.
THE END
Author-illustrator DIANE KREDENSOR’s formative years were spent dressing her dog in old baby clothes and reading MAD magazine, and her grown-up years have been spent pursuing a successful career in children’s animation in Los Angeles and New York. She still hasn’t grown up all the way, something of which she’s proud. Diane is an Emmy Award–winning artist who has worked on such hit shows as Pinky and the Brain, Oswald, and WordWorld, to name a few. This is her first children’s book. Diane happily makes her home in Brooklyn, New York, with her three loves—two of whom bear a passing resemblance to Ollie and Moon. Visit Diane at www.dianekredensor.com.
SANDRA KRESS grew up in a suburb of Detroit and fell in love with photography after receiving a camera for her fifteenth birthday. She is an alumna of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the International Center of Photography School in New York City. Sandra lives in Paris. Visit her at www.sandrakress.com.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
First Page
About the Author and Illustrator