Honk: The Moose By Phil Stong. Can you imagine the excitement in the town of Birora, Minnesota, when Waino and Ivar found a moose in their father's stable, eating up the hay? The moose looked so sad they couldn't bear to shoot him. What should they do? The policeman came. The mayor came. And then...Three young boys came up with a solution, and the townspeople adjusted to life with a moose in their midst. Come join the adventure of how Honk is saved! Based on a true story from Biwabik, Minnesota and set in the early 1930's, the text is filled with rich, historical facts about life for Finnish immigrant children in a small Minnesota town. Newbery Honors Book, 1936. HC, 80 pages.