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• 子供の時大好きだった本に会えた。

  古い本ですが、背表紙の焼け以外は良い状態でした。 1965年に読んだ 月に吹く風 の新訳で、妹と私の思い出の本です。

• First of all, this is an amazing book. But to get this out of the way: YES, I read this as a child, and second of all, NO, I didn't read it in the 1940's, 1950's, or 1960's. It was already quite an old book when I found it at the age of 7. It had-- and has-- many details that are accurate to the mid 1940's time period when it was written. Some of them are not applicable today, but the same thing is true of any classic book. (One reviewer praised The Secret Garden as a timeless book, as WOtM supposedly wasn't, but she apparently doesn't remember the Yorkshire housemaid talking about how she thought India was full of "blacks." Or Mary Lennox ordering servants around. Or the less-than-respectful treatment of Indian people in general.) But the themes of this book are timeless-- true friendship, love of nature and animals, and the determination and resourcefulness of children. It also was stunningly ahead of its time (and kind of still is today) in its girl power theme. Dinah and Dorinda solve problems on their own, single-handedly figuring out plans to solve mysteries, save animals, settle a court case, and finally rescue their father from danger in another country. The adults are actually pretty ineffectual, except for the wise old witch in the woods. Not only is the story fun, with some sly social satire about current-day Britain thrown in for the adults, but the central importance of the girls and their remarkable resiliency through trauma really set this book apart. Highly recommended! (Although if you're reading it with your kids, maybe you should tell them that it isn't the best idea to sneak out of the country in a moving van in the middle of the night to rescue somebody... ;)

• I loved this story when I was small and as an adult, I couldn't find it anywhere. Friends suggested I go online... and sure enough, it was in Amazon! I ordered it and this edition is the exact same text and photos as I remembered reading as a child. It's still such a fun story and I devoured it happily!

• My mother had this book, and I bought this paperback version for my great-niece. It is a really good story of the adventures of sisters Dinah and Dorinder. And adventures they have! A witch, a potion to change them into animals, escaping from the zoo, getting revenge, helping to free captives and travelling. A great read for children from about 7 to 12 years old.

• This book for children is absolutely brilliant. One day, when I was eleven (in 1958), my eldest brother gave this book to me, and I remember reading it more than once. I could never forget the friendship Dorinda and Dinah enjoyed with the silver falcon and the golden puma, nor title or name of the author. Throughout my adult life I hoped to one day discover this book again, to find out why it had left an indelible feeling of longing to read it again. Recently I purchased a pc. My friends told me about Amazon, that many old and new books could be found and bought there. I was very happy to see The Wind on the Moon appear on my screen! I ordered the book, and when it arrived, every night before going to sleep I read and read, and again the uniquely enchanting story, full of unexpected turns and white magic, made it quite impossible to stop reading and go to sleep. The cover is lovely, the pictures are wonderful, and the letters are just the right size, not too small. The conversations between Dinah and Dorinda are masterly, and the entire adventure they experience is a dream for young and old! I never knew that this book won the Carnegie Medal, and that it was nominated for best book of 1944. It is amazing it did not win the price for best book of that year. Young and old will forget all the worries in the world while reading The Wind on the Moon.

• One of my most favourite stories from my childhood. Magic and mischief and bad attitudes and turning into animals! I am so glad that it hasn't gone away.

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