Meet the Author Daryl Cobb lives lives in New Jersey with his family, not far from his home town. Daryl’s writing began in college as a Thea-tre Arts major at Virginia Commonwealth University. He found a freshman writing class inspiring and, combined with his love for music and the guitar, he dis-covered a passion for song-writing. This talent would motivate him for years to come and the rhythm he cre-ated with his music also found its way into the bedtime stories he later created for his chil-dren. The story “Boy on the Hill,” about a boy who turns the clouds into animals, was his first bedtime story/song and was in-spired by his son and an infatu-ation with the shapes of clouds. Through the years his son and daughter have inspired so much of his work, including “Daniel Dinosaur” and “Daddy Did I Ever Say? I Love You, Love You, Every Day.”

Daryl spends a lot of his time these days visiting schools pro-moting literacy with his interactive educational assemblies “Teach-ing Through Creative Arts.” These performance programs teach children about the writing and creative process and allow Daryl to do what he feels is most important -- inspire children to read and write. He also performs at benefits and libraries with his “Music & Storytime” shows.

He is a member of the SCBWI.

Meet the Illustrator

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www.mishkajaeger. Mishka Jaeger received her BFA from Syracuse Univer-sity in theatrical design, but after spending time at Electric Crayon as a digital comic book color-ist for Marvel, Wildstorm, DC, and Topps Comics, found her-self working primarily on chil-dren’s projects in digital new media. She has designed web content for Fox Kids, eToys, Mattel Media, and The Star-light (now Starbright) Founda-tion. Mishka joined the SCBWI in 1997 and has been working for the educational curriculum company, k12.com, located in Herndon, VA since 2002.

Written by Daryl K. Cobb

Illlustrated by Mishka Jaeger

Mr.Moon

Daryl K. CobbWritten by

Mishka JaegerIllustated by

10 To 2 Children’s BooKs / Clinton

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PO Box 5173, Clinton, N.J. 08809Text copyright © 2007 by Daryl K. Cobb

Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Mishka JaegerAll rights reserved. Published by Ten To Two Children’s Books LLC.

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Book design by Daryl K. Cobb. 10 To 2 Children’s Book logo was created by Manuela Pentangelo.

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Written by Daryl K. CobbIllustrated by Mishka Jaeger

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My son Cameron, on many occasions, has opened my eyes to things that, as an adult, I just didn’t notice anymore, and it was one of those moments that inspired me to start looking at the world a little differently.

Thank you Cameron for Mr. Moon.

Daryl K. Cobb

“For Harris.”

Mishka Jaeger

“Mr. Moon, you are still awake,you should be sound asleep.

Close your eyes and rest your head,it is time for you to go to bed.

I, the Sun, am on the job. It is my turn to shine, to fill the sky with rays of light,

“Mr. Sun, you have all the fun.You see the planet come alive.

Everything just waits for you.They wait to see what you will do.

to warm the day until it’s night.”

They won’t enjoy the beach with me or surf the ocean blue.

The grass and treeswill not live longif it were not for you.

I can not see the flowers bloom in the dark of night.

I would like to watch the children play

and try to fly a kite.

I love what you didwith the dawn of the day. The blending of colors

is just perfect, I’d say.

So today I thoughtI would stay aroundand join you in the fun.

I promise you I won’t stay long.What do you say, Mr. Sun?”

“Mr. Moon, stay if you want,but just remember this:

I have never seen fireworks,maybe you can tell me why.

I have never wished upon a star,as it falls from the sky.