Children will relate easily to the full-circle reasoning of the story, while picking up the concept of cause and effect. Through just a few deft words and brush strokes, the reader gets a real sense of the unique personalities of the two characters. What moose wouldn't want to borrow a sweater when it's cold outside? And why shouldn't the loose button on the sweater remind him of his grandmother? Bond's cleverly detailed, witty illustrations perfectly complement Numeroff's deadpan style. It all makes perfect sense, really, once you stop to think about it.
Readers will follow a young boy and his voracious visitor through a series of antlered antics: jam reveries and puppet shows and big messes. "If you give a moose a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it." So begins the most logical silliness to be found anywhere-at least since Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
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