Imagine the Moon: A Primer of Full Moon Names - Hardcover

Fierst, Gerald

 
9781945268021: Imagine the Moon: A Primer of Full Moon Names
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1945268026 ISBN 13: 9781945268021
Publisher: Plum Street Pub Inc, 2017

Synopsis

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to, Carl Sandburg wrote. In fact, the moon has many of the traits we want in our friends constant in its presence, reliable in its cycle, illuminating the changing seasons, and inspiring us to hope and dream.The moon holds fascination for kids of all ages, as it is one of the few celestial objects we can see with the naked eye. Students can easily observe its phases and rotation in order to understand the Earth-Sun-Moon system.In Imagine the Moon, Gerald Fierst marries poetic imagery with fascinating expository text to create a compelling introduction to the calendar s full moon names. Leslie Stall Widener s richly detailed ink-and-watercolor illustrations guide the reader through the natural rhythms of the changing seasons as illuminated under the full moon.

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About the Author

Gerald Fierst, a storyteller, author, and literacy educator, has worked in film, television, and theater and performed as a storyteller in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He is currently the Theater and Film Specialist for the WAE Center of the Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled and resident storyteller at Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University. He has been a featured teller and ghost story teller at the National Storytelling Festival, a Storyteller in Residence at the International Storytelling Center, and has been a featured performer at Limmud, the European conference for Jewish education.

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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to, Carl Sandburg wrote. In fact, the moon has many of the traits we want in our friends constant in its presence, reliable in its cycle, illuminating the changing seasons, and inspiring us to hope and dream.The moon holds fascination for kids of all ages, as it is one of the few celestial objects we can see with the naked eye. Students can easily observe its phases and rotation in order to understand the Earth-Sun-Moon system.In Imagine the Moon, Gerald Fierst marries poetic imagery with fascinating expository text to create a compelling introduction to the calendar s full moon names. Leslie Stall Widener s richly detailed ink-and-watercolor illustrations guide the reader through the natural rhythms of the changing seasons as illuminated under the full moon.

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Publisher
Plum Street Pub Inc
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1945268026
ISBN 13 
9781945268021
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Widener Leslie Stall