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The book talked about a little boy who wants to go to the moon and adopt a moon dog had an adventure on the moon. He mistakenly brings an earth dog on his spaceship and the earth dog saves his life when he was attacked by the giant man on the moon. The plot of the little boy got an adventure on the moon makes it become a fantasy story, which can not happen in the real life. The book has great illustrations and not too many sentences on each page, which can be a suitable choice for young readers. It can be used in reading class to generate students' imagination and in social study class to reflect the relationships between human and dogs ( )

This book is a good example of fantasy because a boy could not actually build a rocket in his garage and fly to the moon or find moondogs and the man on the moon there, but he does and it is believable. ( )

Willy needs a friend, so he flys to space in his spaceship to get a moon dog. On the way he finds a dog from earth in his ship. Willy is not too happy because he wants a moon dog, but takes him along for the ride. When he finally gets to space he finds a whole bunch of moon dogs. Before he knew it a giant came and scooped him up. The other moon dogs ran away, but the dog from earth came and saved the day. ( )

The illustrations in this book were done with oil paint and paper. This book is about a little boy who looks into space and dreams of going up there someday. His dad comes into his room one day and tells him he spends too much time alone, so he needs a dog to keep him company. Instead, the little boy says he wants a moondog and flies into space to pick the perfect one. He flies past stars and reaches the moon, but not without announcing his arrival. Suddenly, a huge monster enters the scene and grabs the little boy. A mangy earth dog saves the little boy from the monster and they fly home to earth. This book is fantasy because the little boy flies into space to search for moondogs, which isn't possible, but it is a story that is in a setting that is real. The age appropriateness for this book is 1-3.