Why, in fact, cannot the Moon turn out to be a hole in the sky? Polly Dunbar's illustrations plus the reader's vivid imagination - and here we are already inside the Moon with a not very sociable boy named Paul, who decided one morning not to go to school, but to get out onto the roof of a skyscraper and touch the sky. He is helped by his friends - the characters are funny and memorable. The book by David Almond, winner of the Andersen Prize, is recommended in Britain for reading aloud in primary school. And if you read it out loud at home, your parents won’t get bored either!