A Full Moon is Rising

A Full Moon is Rising — page 1 — Thanks to Steve Aronson Shawn Davis Rebecca Kai Dotlich Susan Pearson earth science teacher Sara Schenker my wonderful editor Louise May and the great folks at Lee Low ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Text copyright 2011 by Marilyn Singer Illustrations copyright 2011 by Julia Cairns All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without written permission from the publisher LEE LOW BOOKS Inc 95 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016 leeandlow com Manufactured in Singapore by Tien Wah Press March 2011 Book design by Kimi Weart Book production by The Kids at Our House The text is set in Martin Gothic The illustrations are rendered in watercolor 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Singer Marilyn A full moon is rising poems by Marilyn Singer pictures by Julia Cairns 1st ed p cm ISBN 978-1-60060-364-8 hardcover alk paper 1 Moon Juvenile poetry I Cairns Julia II Title PS3569 I546F85 2011 811 54 dc22 2010034693 AUTHOR’S SOURCES MOON ASTRONOMY AND SUPERSTITION Brueton Diana Many Moons New York Simon Schuster 1991 Carroll Robert T Full moon and lunar effects The Skeptic’s Dictionary Last updated July 30 2010 http skepdic com fullmoon html Kriebel Matthew Urban Astronomy Seeing the Skies in Light Polluted Areas Ezine Articles September 4 2008 http ezinearticles com Urban-Astronomy Seeing-the-Skies-in-Light-Polluted-Areas id 1468200 Miles Kathy Moon Watching Starry Skies com http starryskies com The_sky events lunar-2003 moonwatching html Moon Connection com http www moonconnection com Phillips Dr Tony Watch Out for the Harvest Moon NASA September 16 2005 Last updated April 5 2010 http science nasa gov science-news science-at nasa 2000 ast11sep_2 Ptak Andy and Gail Rohrback Ask an Astrophysicist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Last updated August 16 2010 http imagine gsfc nasa gov docs ask_astro ask_an_astronomer html Simon Seymour The Moon New York Simon Schuster 2003 LUNAR FESTIVALS Fitzgerald Waverly School of the Seasons http www schooloftheseasons com Harvest Festivals from Around the World Harvest Festivals net http www harvestfestivals net harvestfestivals htm Summer Moon Illusion NASA June 20 2005 Last updated November 30 2007 http www nasa gov vision universe watchtheskies 20jun_moonillusion html Rivera Larry Staircase to the Moon About com Australia New Zealand Travel http goaustralia about com od wa ss staircase-to-the-moon htm TIDES AND THE BAY OF FUNDY Cooley Keith Moon Tides How the Moon Affects Ocean Tides Keith’s Moon Page 2002 http home hiwaay net krcool Astro moon moontides Ferguson George Highest Tides The Tides Bay of Fundy com http www bayoffundy com tides aspx What causes high tide and low tide Why are there two tides each day How Stuff Works http science howstuffworks com environmental earth geophysics tide cause htm CORAL SPAWNING AND BIRD MIGRATION Lincoln Frederick C Migration of Birds Circular 16 U S Fish and Wildlife Service 1935 Revised 1979 by Steven R Peterson revised 1998 by John L Zimmerman http www fws gov birds documents MigrationofBirdsCircular pdf Moon-Watching Studying Birds that Migrate Chipper Woods Bird Observatory http www wbu com chipperwoods photos moon htm Reefcare Foundation Coral Spawning http www reefcare org The Nature Writers of Texas Blog Bird Migration Is An Amazing Event blog entry by Ro Wauer April 13 2003 http texasnature blogspot com 2003 04 bird Mid-Autumn Festival China Voc com http www chinavoc com festivals migration-is-amazing-event-ro html Midautumn htm Pushkar Fair Pushkar The Sacred Place http www pushkar-camel-fair com TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS pushkar-fair html Rich Tracey R Sukkot Judaism 101 http www jewfaq org holiday5 htm Sukkah Wikipedia Last modified August 14 2010 http en wikipedia org wiki Sukkah Yiu Julian Mid-Autumn Festival An Introduction China the Beautiful http www chinapage com Moon moon-intro html LUNAR ECLIPSE AND MOON ILLUSIONS Hayes Holly Artemis of Ephesus Ephesian Artemis Sacred Destinations June 2007 http www sacred-destinations com turkey ephesus-artemis htm Temple of Artemis Kusadasi biz http www kusadasi biz historical-places temple of-artemis html GARAVITO’S CRATER Astronomy Radar Blog The lunar crater of Julio Garavito Armero blog entry by Thilo Hanisch Luque February 24 2010 http astroradar blogspot com 2010 02 Davis Shawn Letters From Mali Bringing Back the Moon Peace Corps Paul D lunar-crater-of-julio-garavito-armero html Coverdell Worldwise Schools November 1996 http www peacecorps gov wws Today in Astronomy Blog January 5 Julio Garavito Armero blog entry by Lunar stories stories cfm psid 99 Mark January 5 2009 http todayinastronomy blogspot com 2009 01 january-5 McCready Don The Moon Illusion Explained University of Wisconsin-Whitewater julio-garavito-armero html Revised November 10 2004 http facstaff uww edu 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A Full Moon is Rising — page 2 — NORTHERN HEMISPHERE New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Third Quarter Waning Crescent Our earth has just one moon its only natural satellite Cold dusty rocky and dry the moon is on average nearly 240,000 miles approximately 384,000 kilometers from us It does not give off its own light What we see as lunar light is really sunlight reflecting off the moon’s surface It takes twenty-eight days for the moon to orbit the earth As it orbits the moon’s angle changes in relation to the earth and the sun and we see its different phases new moon dark phase waxing crescent first quarter waxing gibbous full moon waning gibbous third quarter waning crescent and back to new All around the world people and other living things are affected by the changing phases of the moon But perhaps the most celebrated phase is the full moon Sailors set out to sea on the high tides it causes Insects and migrating birds are guided by its brilliant light Families dance sing and feast at full moon festivals while traders buy and sell camels Corals reproduce wolves howl and children dream of being astronauts on full moon nights So come along on a lunar journey to see the many ways we welcome our wondrous full moon SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Third Quarter Waning Crescent

A Full Moon is Rising — page 3 — Broadway Moon New York City USA It waits behind skyscrapers a brilliant actor in the wings ready for its monthly debut On the sidewalk an audience of one watches and silently applauds when it grandly appears

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