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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back, A Native American Year of Moons

6/30/2021

 
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Poetry, picture book, 32 pages. In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. Learn about the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki. Published in 1992 by Philomel Books.

Summer Nights

Observing summer moons is a wonderful way to begin to understand nature and our place in it. Encourage your child to create her own nature journal and give her many nights to simply watch the moon.
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First Nations' traditions teach us to use the back of a turtle shell to depict a lunar calendar with each monthly cycle approximately 28 days.

Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London

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Joseph Bruchac
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Jonathan London
Bruchac is an elder among his Nulhegan Abenaki people. He is a poet, a novelist, a teacher and a professional storyteller. He has written over 120 novels, published more than poems,articles and stories in more than 500 publications and edited numerous poetry anthologies. Bruchac's awards recognize individual works, as well as lifetime contributions to children's literature.
London, a poet, is best known for his Froggy series originally told to his sons as bed-time stories. He has published more than 100 children's books and innumerable poems.

Thomas Locker

Locker was a landscape painter as well as an illustrator for more than 30 children's books. He began his training through an apprenticeship in traditional European oil painting at the age of six and began exhibiting his American landscapes at 27.  Locker began to share the world of fine art with children in 1982 through his first book Where the River Bends.

Margaret & The Moon

6/29/2021

 
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Biography, 40 pages. Margaret Hamilton was one of the heroes of the Apollo 11 mission! When an error on the astronauts' checklist endangered the first lunar landing, her programming code allowed the computer to focus on the single task of landing safely. Published in 2017 by Alfred A. Knopf.

Summer Nights

The moon in summer is as wonderful as summer stars - children are fascinated by both. But no human has walked on the moon since the Apollo 17 Lunar Landing in 1972. Who will be next? And who will help her get there?

NASA has many wonderful resources for children, but I am particularly taken with their directions on how to Build a Moon Habitat in your backyard. If you have a diehard fan of all things moon related, then this is the summer project for you!


Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley

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Robbins is a journalist whose career as a reporter, editor and critic provide just the right experience for writing biographies for children.
Knisley is a critically acclaimed and award-winning comic creator. Her first graphic novel, French Milk, was published in 2008 has been followed by many others.

Moon Shot, The Flight of Apollo 11

6/28/2021

 
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Information picture book, 56 pages. The story of Apollo 11, that one giant leap for mankind. From the gloves & helmets to the landing module, here is the story of a decade of adventure to make it -- and return from -- the moon in July 1969. Re-published in 2019 by Atheneum Books.

Summer Nights

The moon is so mysterious, unless you have a young astronaut in your home who wants to know just about everything there is to know about the moon!

Summer nights are optimal for watching the moon through at least one cycle -- no school the next morning!  NASA Science Earth's Moon site is filled with resources for this kind of summer night activity.  The Smithsonian also has phenomenal resources for "Walking on the Moon!"


Brian Floca

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Brian Floca
Floca is the author-illustrator of a number of information books for children, as well as the illustrator for many other picture books. He has earned a Caldecott Medal and four Sibert Honor Awards.

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