Magic Moon: A New Beginning (Vol. 4): Magic Moon Books, #4

By Shirley Moulton

Magic Moon is a cool, quirky, gigantic, somewhat terrifying, alien "moon-like" being who likes puns and jokes when he's not accidentally causing small rock slides. He gives great advice, if you are brave enough to face him, and he loves to make new friends!

Join Magic Moon and his friends from two worlds as they deal with bullies. In our world, a young girl gets bullied at camp. In Magic Moon's World, a being gets bullied because of the color of his fur!

"...an imaginative illustration of emotional intelligence." —Kirkus Reviews.

"The Magic Moon books offer children fun characters and a large dollop of thrills." –The Wishing Shelf Book Awards U.K. (2018)

Winner/Honorable Mention - The Purple Dragonfly Book Awards U.K., (2017) Story Monsters, LLC., School Issues.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shirley Moulton
• Release date: Jan 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9780998313795

Shirley Moulton

AUTHOR Shirley Moulton, M.S., has been close, personal friends with Magic Moon for her entire life. He asked her to write some of his stories, so, naturally, she did! She has spent her entire professional career of over 35 years working with children who have disabilities (including but not limited to: autism, ADHD, behavior disorders, learning disabilities and other health impairments). She's also worked with non-disabled and gifted children. Shirley Moulton has a Master of Science degree in Special Education, and two Bachelor's degrees; one in Psychology and one in Special Education. She believes every child, whether classified with a disability or not, has many talents and gifts. She's grateful she can continue to make a positive difference in children's lives, now that she's retired, by writing the Magic Moon Children's Books series. She loves being a mother and a grandmother most of all!

Book preview

CHAPTER 1–Magic Moon’s New World:

Farni had been in the mountains on a nice, peaceful walk with his pet, Boundy, when he heard a loud growl near-by, followed by some loud booming noises coming from the sky!

Frightened, he ran down the mountainside, as fast as he could go!

Boundy ran beside him, panting heavily.

He heard the loud booming noises again!

What was that?  Was the earth moving?

He glanced behind him.

What was happening?

He tripped over a rock and fell.

He scrambled back up, and then ran even faster down the mountainside!

Near the bottom of the mountain, he spotted a large, fallen tree trunk in a small  grove of trees.  He vaulted over it, and immediately crouched down behind it.

What was going on?

He thought he’d seen some kind of gigantic, creepy, noisy, alien moon-thing hanging low in the sky, just above the mountain peak!

It seemed to be...making noises?  Loud noises!  Scary noises!  How could a moon be making noises?  Moons did NOT make noise.

He poked his head up over the fallen tree trunk.

It looked like...it had... a face?

What?

Creepy!

Farni ducked his head back behind the fallen tree trunk.

He waited a few minutes.

Then he risked another glance.

Its eyes were closed.  It was quiet.

Farni took a deep breath.

Then he got up and ran the rest of the way down the path.  He did not stop until he was at the outskirts of the village, behind a cottage.

His heart was pounding.

He leaned against the back of the cottage, as he tried to catch his breath.

Boundy stood panting beside him.

I am never going back up that mountainside, ever again!  he vowed, patting Boundy.

I will find another safe place! he said with resolve.  This mountain is way too dangerous now. 

But he couldn’t think of any other place to hide.

CHAPTER 2–Girls’ Camp:

Roni noticed another candy wrapper on the trail path and sighed, as she bent down to pick it up.

Why can’t the girls just put the wrappers in their pockets and throw them in the trash later? she complained.

Because that would be responsible, Makani said, clearly