Author(s): Jane Kurtz,Rachel Isadora
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2005-01-04
Dimensions: 256.5 x 256.5 x 15.2mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
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Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

In the middle of the night the world can seem huge andfrightening, especially when you've just moved far from home. On Abena and Kofi's first night in America, it is late and it is dark and they are up worrying. What if a giant lizard or a slender-snouted crocodile crawled into their suitcases? What if the people in their new school laugh at them? What if they forget Grandmother and their cousins, now that they are an ocean away?

But Abena knows a secret to help them. It is a secret that can make the world and the night seem small again. She reaches for her new flashlight and turns it on. She says to her little brother, Kofi, "Pretend this is the moon. Close your eyes." And then she begins ...