The Buried Moon

by Joseph Jacobs, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)

The Moon is held prisoner in the bog by the Evil Ones until the townspeople miss her light and go to search for her.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights". He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

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Reviews

[Vaishali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tedious but well written... You can really feel how dark, boggy marshes were so scary for medieval Brits. Would make an interesting Halloween tale for kids.

[Mary Catelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A creepy and uncanny fairy tale. Also, very unusual in its type, to the point of being unique.

[Gladimore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous Illustrations by Susan Jeffers and a very unique story by Joseph Jacobs. I found it buried in my son's children's books and almost got rid of it. I read it on the spot and couldn't imagine why I couldn't remember reading the beautiful story or how I couldn't have read it by now. Will definitely be a keeper, even when my son out grows picture books.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would love to know if there is an illustrated version of this! I really enjoyed The Buried Moon, I listened to a reading of it on the Stories Podcast, and Amand read the story with such fervor, it was amazing! The story itself is also fantastic!

[Terri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bought this book because of the illustrator, Susan Jeffers. As always, she does not fail in delivering fascinating art. However, I have to say this book is a bit intense for younger children It's a folk tale, but very dark. The entire book is in about 3 or four colors, those being tan, black, cream and blue...even the illustrations are eerie, but they do fit the tone of the book quite well. Interesting to see how Ms Jeffers drawings fit into this quite different tone.

[Saffron Moon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This rating is for the edition illustrated by Susan Jeffers.