Anon E. Mouse 
MONICA THE MOONCHILD – A Victorian children’s story about the arrival of a new Brother 
Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories – Issue 331

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 331In this 331st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children’s Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Child’s Tale 'MONICA THE MOONCHILD” by Mabel Henriette Spielmann.It is a cold Victorian winter in England. Monica arrives home after a sleigh ride and is told that her mother is expecting and that she is about to become a sister. She is so excited that she battles to find sleep that night. When she does sleep she dreams of a journey to the moon in an old fashioned airship where she meets the Man in the Moon and finds him to be as grumpy as he looks.While there she also meets a fairy who takes her to a garden, in which she allowed to select her new baby brother, or is it a sister?When she awakens in the morning she has a big surprise waiting for her.How did Monica get to the moon and how did she get back? Was the man in the Moon really grumpy, Was the baby she selected the one she found in the nursery in the morning? To find the answers to questions you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as 'Father of Stories’.Each issue also has a 'WHERE IN THE WORLD – LOOK IT UP’ section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT – use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES