Sophie Sheppard's The Moon's Tear: A Desert Night's Dream follows
Raven in his journey to find a companion for the Moon, who is traveling
alone across the empty night sky. Enlisting Child for help, Raven must
travel with his friend high into the mountains to retrieve a precious
gift from the belly of a trout and fill the night with light. Quiet and
dreamlike, Sheppard's illustrations perfectly compliment a tale of
loneliness and how it is conquered by friendship. The Moon's Tear is a
contemporary legend that will delight and entertain anyone with the
courage to dream.
Northern Nevada, a landscape reflected in much of The Moon's Tear, is
home to the Massacre Rim Dark Skies Sanctuary. One of only fourteen
sites designated as IDA International Dark Sky Sanctuaries in the entire
world, Massacre Rim Dark Skies Sanctuary is a land that has an
exceptional or distinguished quality of starry nights and a nocturnal
environment that is protected [and located] in a very remote location
with few (if any) nearby threats to the quality of its dark night skies
(darksky.org).