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Synopsis
All around the world people are affected by and in awe of a full moon. In this poetic exploration of the lunar wonder, places near and far provide the backdrop for discovering celebrations, beliefs, customs and facts about the moon. From Broadway to Hong Kong to the International Space Station, the various perspectives, sparkling verses and depth of information create a fascinating rendering of a familiar, yet remarkable sight.
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About the Author
MARILYN SINGER is the author of more than eighty-five children s books in a variety of genres, including many poetry collections. Honors her books have won include the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor, Parents Choice Award, Children s Choice Award, and Notables from ALA, NCSS, NCTE, and NSTA. Singer s lifelong fascination with the moon led her to explore moon customs, beliefs, and celebrations of different people and cultures. She and her husband live in Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, Connecticut.
JULIA CAIRNS is a fulltime fine artist and illustrator known for her colorful images and joyous, whimsical style. In addition to creating illustrations for children s books, Cairns has exhibited her work in shows and galleries around the United States, England, and Botswana, all places where she has lived for several years. The moon always inspires me, says Cairns, and it often appears in her paintings. A Full Moon Is Rising gave Cairns many more opportunities to paint her favorite celestial body. She lives in Galisteo, New Mexico, with her husband and their two children.
Review
A celebration of the full moon via various cultures, countries and festivals. Singer deftly invites readers to consider and appreciate Earth s silvery satellite through poems written in a variety of styles that offer a glimpse of how the full moon is enjoyed and welcomed throughout the world. Cairns cheery, childlike, energetic watercolors, feeling the double-page spreads, make the diverse cultures and locales come alive. Readers will be enchanted by the idea that the lovely orb that shines above all the world s peoples has engendered so much wonder and so many rich traditions. Double-page world maps on the endpapers that pinpoint the locales in which the poems are set and a foreword with illustrations of the moon s phases in both hemispheres add to the interest and helpfulness of this volume, enhancing its usefulness as a literary work and a supplement to classroom studies about the moon. Gentle and lovely, just like its inspiration. --Kirkus Reviews
In this picture-book collection, veteran children s poet Singer offers a moving, informative lunar journey around the globe, starting with New York City s Broadway Moon, which waits behind skyscrapers / a brilliant actor in the wings. On each spread, Singer creates an evocative verse vignette that suggests a whole story with only a few lines. In the Sahara, for example, a Moroccan boy gazes at the full moon from his tent and dreams of exploring it himself: Astronauts less familiar with heat and dust / have walked there. / Why not one day / him? In many selections, Singer neatly folds scientific information into the lyrical lines, as in a scene of ghostly divers moving silently over a reef as the coral prepare to spawn under the full moon. The. . . . joyful colors and compositions echo the words celebratory tone. More lunar information opens and closes this creative choice for cross-curricular sharing that taps into the moon s mysterious, aweinspiring allure. --Booklist
Singer's sparkling verses celebrate the majesty of the moon as experienced in settings around the world, each distinctly conveyed in Cairns's perceptive watercolors. A "Broadway Moon" peers between skyscrapers as a girl, "an audience of one/ watches and silently applauds." In Haifa, Israel, a family gathers for a meal under a sukkah: "Come rejoice in the fair harvest,/ in the harvests long past,/ and the ones yet to come." The lunar celebration even extends beyond Earth, with a scientist in the International Space Station contemplating both Earth's moon and the Martian moon, Phobos. The breadth of perspectives creates a stirring portrait of a familiar but no less marvelous sight. --Publisher's Weekly
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