The illustrations are soft and brown-toned, lending a sentimentality to the book.  The facial expressions of the characters capture a sense of wonder.  The story is a simple one: it begins as a Max shares a good-bye moment with his grandfather, who assures him the moon will always shine for him.  Throughout the long car ride home, Max keeps his eyes on the moon waiting for it to disappear from sight like his grandfather did, but instead it follows him home, disappearing from view only briefly, once as they travel through a tunnel, and once when a cloud temporarily covers it.  Although kids who live around here may experience more often that the clouds could cover the moon for days (or weeks) at a time, they’ll still enjoy the reassuring concept of the ever-returning moon.