Monday, May 4, 2015

A Full Moon Is Rising

Singer, M., & Cairns, J. (2011). A full moon is rising: Poems. New York:
Lee & Low Books.


A Full Moon Is Rising is a wonderful collection of multicultural poems. Marilyn Singer’s poems celebrate the magic of a full moon as it is experience around the globe.  There are poems set it the city, the country and across the world from Africa to China to Columbia. Different religious and ethnic traditions are represented, including Sukkot, moon watching in Canada and the Chinese Moon Festival. The end papers even include notes and a map of all the locations that appear throughout the book. In this collection, we visit India, Israel, Morocco, China, Australia and so many more. 




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