--- product_id: 7403185 title: "Agate: What Good Is a Moose?" price: "€ 34.47" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7403185-agate-what-good-is-a-moose store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Agate: What Good Is a Moose? **Price:** € 34.47 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Agate: What Good Is a Moose? - **How much does it cost?** € 34.47 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/7403185-agate-what-good-is-a-moose) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Agate: What Good Is a Moose? [Joy Morgan Dey, Nikki Johnson] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Agate: What Good Is a Moose? Review: Support Agate to show that you love brown! - What good is a moose? What good is your self-worth?! This beautifully, uniquely illustrated book is a lovely one to have to read to children, or enjoy yourself for the creative, colorful artwork. The illustrations bring the eyes to the animals while the text tells the reader/listener about Agate's friends different traits. Agate, the moose, feels plain, brown and clumsy next to his friends. His friends convince him that he is a gem just like the rest of the gang. "Just do what you're good at, like being a moose. And remember this simple rule: Let yourself shine, and let others find...you are a secret jewel." "Be glad they're them and you are you...each a gem in life's marvelous zoo!" Each animal is named after a gemstone and is illustrated in the gem's color therefore, Agate is brown! He wishes he was as colorful as others. The self-conscious moose learns that like an unpolished agate he just needs some polish to bring out his beauty inside! There is a section at the end of the book, "Everybody Has a Birthstone," which shows the animals in the book, their gem name and the month that the gem represents. A nice addition to the book to introduce geology/gem rocks to young children! This books introduces new words to a young child's vocabulary and builds a child's knowledge/visual experience of colors. The text is written in a style that is a pleasure to read AND listen to. As a grandma I have this book in my children's book library. It is worth the price of the book just to enjoy the illustrator's terrific work!! Promote creativity by having your child, or yourself, watercolor one of your favorite animals! I have given this book to my granddaughters. I think that "Agate" would make a lovely baby gift to begin a new mom's library...a beautiful welcome gift for her new little "gem." Review: Fabulous Life Lesson Beautifully Taught - I am an elementary art teacher and a collector of children's books. When I originally discovered this book in a tiny bookshop in New England I was immediately drawn to this book because of its gorgeously simplistic illustrations. After I read it I knew I'd found the "gem" of my collection! The message of the text makes this book an unforgettable and essential addition to ANY library... children's or otherwise!!! I have never written a review for anything on desertcart before but felt if anything deserved in, this book does! I have purchased several copies over the years to hand out to struggling friends and students as well as to give as gifts. Everyone else who enters my classroom or expresses an interest in seeing my children's book collection is shown this book first... and many are brought to tears. Nothing has the potential to teach life lessons as simply and eloquently and poignantly as do children's books! I read this book every year to my second graders as a motivation for our ceramic unit. We make "beauty pots" that resemble agates to remind us of the lesson of this book: inside beauty is more important than outside beauty and, just like an agate, we are ALL filled with a unique and beautiful potential! This book and this lesson make such an impact on my students that I have actually begun a collection of agates on a window sill in my classroom: students bring them to me as gifts at the end of the school year. I heartily recommend purchasing this book!!! ...multiple copies of it! I'm buying more today! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #539,629 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #21,193 in Children's Animals Books | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (130) | | Dimensions | 9.5 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | Grade level | Preschool - 2 | | ISBN-10 | 0942235738 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0942235739 | | Item Weight | 1.01 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 32 pages | | Publication date | April 15, 2007 | | Publisher | Lake Superior Port Cities | | Reading age | 2 - 6 years, from customers | ## Images ![Agate: What Good Is a Moose? - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Xi+waOqQL.jpg) ![Agate: What Good Is a Moose? - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Yo1OOxFUL.jpg) ![Agate: What Good Is a Moose? - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/818fstmttIL.jpg) ![Agate: What Good Is a Moose? - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/810nz7ZjcwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Support Agate to show that you love brown! *by A***R on November 12, 2013* What good is a moose? What good is your self-worth?! This beautifully, uniquely illustrated book is a lovely one to have to read to children, or enjoy yourself for the creative, colorful artwork. The illustrations bring the eyes to the animals while the text tells the reader/listener about Agate's friends different traits. Agate, the moose, feels plain, brown and clumsy next to his friends. His friends convince him that he is a gem just like the rest of the gang. "Just do what you're good at, like being a moose. And remember this simple rule: Let yourself shine, and let others find...you are a secret jewel." "Be glad they're them and you are you...each a gem in life's marvelous zoo!" Each animal is named after a gemstone and is illustrated in the gem's color therefore, Agate is brown! He wishes he was as colorful as others. The self-conscious moose learns that like an unpolished agate he just needs some polish to bring out his beauty inside! There is a section at the end of the book, "Everybody Has a Birthstone," which shows the animals in the book, their gem name and the month that the gem represents. A nice addition to the book to introduce geology/gem rocks to young children! This books introduces new words to a young child's vocabulary and builds a child's knowledge/visual experience of colors. The text is written in a style that is a pleasure to read AND listen to. As a grandma I have this book in my children's book library. It is worth the price of the book just to enjoy the illustrator's terrific work!! Promote creativity by having your child, or yourself, watercolor one of your favorite animals! I have given this book to my granddaughters. I think that "Agate" would make a lovely baby gift to begin a new mom's library...a beautiful welcome gift for her new little "gem." ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous Life Lesson Beautifully Taught *by J***N on June 19, 2012* I am an elementary art teacher and a collector of children's books. When I originally discovered this book in a tiny bookshop in New England I was immediately drawn to this book because of its gorgeously simplistic illustrations. After I read it I knew I'd found the "gem" of my collection! The message of the text makes this book an unforgettable and essential addition to ANY library... children's or otherwise!!! I have never written a review for anything on Amazon before but felt if anything deserved in, this book does! I have purchased several copies over the years to hand out to struggling friends and students as well as to give as gifts. Everyone else who enters my classroom or expresses an interest in seeing my children's book collection is shown this book first... and many are brought to tears. Nothing has the potential to teach life lessons as simply and eloquently and poignantly as do children's books! I read this book every year to my second graders as a motivation for our ceramic unit. We make "beauty pots" that resemble agates to remind us of the lesson of this book: inside beauty is more important than outside beauty and, just like an agate, we are ALL filled with a unique and beautiful potential! This book and this lesson make such an impact on my students that I have actually begun a collection of agates on a window sill in my classroom: students bring them to me as gifts at the end of the school year. I heartily recommend purchasing this book!!! ...multiple copies of it! I'm buying more today! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Story of Feeling Special *by T***R on February 25, 2022* Agate is a beautiful moose but is unhappy with his appearance. “He looks like a Tinker Toy project gone wrong. He feels like a big brown mistake.” Comparing himself to his friends, Agate wishes to shine like Garnet the crocodile, Aquamarine the penguin, Diamond the giraffe, Emerald the lion, Pearl the monkey, Ruby the bear, Peridot the porcupine, Sapphire the hippopotamus, Opal the raccoon, Topaz the eagle, and Turquoise the bat. Agate’s friends help him realize that he is a shining gem too, that his beautiful characteristics create a rainbow of colors to make the perfect secret jewel. Just like his namesake, Agate finally realizes that true beauty lies within. Endpapers feature the animals, their gem names, and the months the gems represent. Readers and listeners will enjoy the magnificent illustrations and the unforgettable story of feeling special. 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