Many Moons

 By James Thurber
Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin

One of my favourite books.  I always loved this as a kid.  I didn't mind most of the art when I was younger, but I hate it now.

I can't read this to my daughter because it's a little above her level of comprehension.  It's got a lot of sense vs nonsense going on, and she doesn't really understand the reasoning of the whole thing.  I simplified it for her and she loves the basic plot, basically because she's obsessed with the moon.

 It's a bit of a morality tale about perception.  It's a common theme with Thurber.  The smart people all turn out to be wrong and the fool who talks nonsense is the only one who can solve the problems.

I feel like if the illustrations were better, the plot would come across better.  There's another version with art by Marc Simont.  I think I might order that one.

A really well written, very memorable classic.