Full Moon Lore

by Ellen Wahi, Ashley Stewart (Illustrator)

Overview

Every month has a full moon, and every full moon has a story.

Full Moon Lore explores the origins of each full moon's name, from the Strawberry Moon of June to the Wolf Moon of January and beyond. Told in rolling prose with stunning nighttime illustrations, this story is a sweet look at nature, seasons, and the mystery of the full moon.

Includes 'Moon Facts' and additional back matter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585369652
Publisher:	Sleeping Bear Press
Publication date:	04/15/2017
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	900L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ellen Wahi taught in Michigan schools for the 50 years, during which time she was involved in all levels of education: directing her own preschool, working as a learning consultant in elementary schools for many years, and most recently teaching at Grand Valley State University in the Teacher Education program in Traverse City. She is retired and splits her time between Michigan and California, but when she's home Ellen can often be found watching the moon rise over magical Torch Lake in northern Michigan.

Ashley Stewart has had a variety of jobs, from hand painting Christmas ornaments to creating manuals for industrial balancing machines. Her favorite job by far is bringing stories to life through illustration. She lives in scenic Lynchburg, Virginia with her husband Chris and a very noisy little bird named Sully. You can find her online at ashleystewart-art.com.

Table of Contents

Full Moon Lore Wolf Moon Snow Moon Sap Moon Pink Moon Flower Moon Strawberry Moon Buck Moon Sturgeon Moon Harvest Moon Hunter's Moon Beaver Moon Cold Moon Blue Moon Moon Facts

Editorial Reviews

2017-02-01
Each month of the year is represented by a full moon, one of its nicknames in the Northern Hemisphere, and some notes about seasonal changes during that month."Let me tell you a story about the moon. That bright, round moon up there is called a Full Moon….People long ago kept track of the seasons by giving each full moon a special name." A man with light-brown skin sits with a small, dark-haired, even lighter-skinned girl in his lap, open book before them. Behind them, a stylized version of a moonlit night sets the stage for more pages of full moons. The illustrations use strong, dark lines filled in with high-contrast blocks of color. A cursory glance invites a second look; a second look brings a discomfiting sense of the uncanny, as animals, plants, and humans are generally depicted in that nether world between realism and fantasy. A double-page spread of children gathering berries by moonlight is particularly eerie. The text is also a garbled mix of poetic imagery and snippets of natural science: "Thunder and lightning storms roll through the plains, providing strength for the farmer's crops to grow." What does that mean? Most pages keep the full moon gender-free, but it is given a male pronoun during April—as is November's hardworking beaver. Most problematic of all is that there is no information about the "people long ago" or the culture or cultures from which these various names originated. Trite text and overworked art detract from an interesting concept. (Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews