Moose Power! Muskeg Saves the Day.

Moose Power! Muskeg Saves the Day. Moose Power! Muskeg Saves the Day Susan Williams Beckhorn, author Amy Huntington, illustrator Down East Enterprise, Inc. P.O. Box 679, Camdfen, Maine 04843 9780892727629, $16.95 www.downeast.com "Moose Power! Muskeg Saves the Day" is a children'spicture book about the life of a rescued baby Maine moose named Muskeg.Muskeg was found by retired Quebecoix logger Jean du Bois because hisfaithful horse Kate refused to budge until the orphan moose fawn wasdiscovered. Muskeg and Kate became best friends, but Kate was old andready to retire, while Muskeg was big and strong and young. Jeanencouraged Muskeg to leave and return to the wild, but Muskeg would notleave his friends. Finally, one Christmas when Kate was too old to pullany more, Jean du Bois and his grandson Ti'Jean decide to hitchMuskeg to the sleigh like Santa's reindeer and let him pull abalsam fir home through the deep snow for their Christmas tree. ThenMuskeg learned from that day forth to wear harness and pull heavy loadslike Kate used to do. "Moose Power" has beautiful paintingsillustrating Muskeg's daily life, and there is a glossary of FrenchCanadian names and words with translations and pronunciations at the endof the book. "Moose Power! Muskeg Saves the Day" is a firstclass children's historical storybook, suitable for children age 4and up.