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Authors: Randy Duburke
Moon Ring (9781452126777) (2 page)
The view from the top was splendid.
“I wish Grandma could see us,” said Maxine.
And that was Maxine’s fourth wish.
At that very moment, the moon ring leapt out of her hand and into the sky.
“Oh, no!” said Maxine.
How will I ever get home now?
But suddenly…
WHOOSH!
The moon went down, and the sun rose up,
and Maxine was sitting in her very own bed.
She raced to the kitchen.
“You’ll never believe where I went last night!”
Maxine told her family all about her adventures.
“That sure was some dream, honey,” said Ma.
“Mighty fine imagination,” said Dad.
“Weird,” said Louis.
But Maxine and Grandma knew better.
Randy DuBurke
was born in Washington, Georgia, but grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he lives today. He has been drawing ever since he can remember, and at the age of six, announced to his mother that he was going to be an artist.
As a kid, Randy loved storytelling and movies and comics—the comics, it seemed to him, were simply films on paper—and his first “illustrations” were of Batman
and Star Trek. Later he was influenced by N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle.
Randy's illustrations have appeared in the
New York Times Book Review
,
Mad Magazine
, D.C. and Marvel comics, and science fiction magazines. This is his first book.
With love to my mother, Katie,
the inspiration for Maxine
and the model for Grandma
Special thanks to Ted, Betsy, Susan, Christy, Fred, Anna, Tayyar, Yan, Sennur, Maija, Rickie, Evilio and Colin
Copyright ©2002 by Randy DuBurke.
All rights reserved.
Book design by Christy Hale.
The illustrations for this book were rendered in pen and ink and acrylic on Fabriano 300-pound coldpress watercolor paper.
ISBN 978-1-4521-2677-7
The Library of Congress has cataloged the previous edition under ISBN 0-8118-3487-5
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