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Bibliography

Gibbons, Gail. The Moon Book. Holiday House: New York. 1997.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Midnight on the Moon. Random House: New York. 1996.

Resources

Becklake, Sue. All About Space. Scholastic Reference: New York.

1998.

A child friendly nonfiction reference book. Has cross-references, a glossary, and a index for easy reading. Has sections on the solar system, studying space, and space travel. Photographs included. Kids friendly and easy to read. Sections of this books can be used by the investigator to report back to the group.

Berger, Melvin and Gilda. Do Stars Have Points? Scholastic

Reference: New York. 1998.

A child friendly nonfiction reference book. Has questions and answers about stars, planets, and the moon. Sections of this book can be used by the investigator to report back to the group.

Branley, Franklyn. What the Moon is Like. Harper Collins: New York.

2000

A picture information book about the moon, explaining how the moon is made and astronauts landings on the moon. Has some photographs showing the moon. This can be used by the investigator to report back to the group or as a read aloud to further explore characteristics of the moon.

Carle, Eric. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. Simon & Schuster

Children’s Publishing Division: New York. 1986.

A father pulls the moon out of the sky for his daughter, but it keeps changing shape. This book is a great book to read aloud to explore the phases of the moon.

Choldenko, Gennifer. Moonstruck: The True Story of the Cow Who

Jumped Over the Moon. Hyperion Books for Children: New York. 1997.

A great read aloud book to share with children. Very funny tale of how the cow jumped over the moon.

Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk. Scholastic:

New York. 2004

Ms. Frizzle’s class take a fieldtrip to the moon. They ride in a moon buggy to explore craters on the moon.

Fisher, Aileen. Sing of the Earth and Sky. Wordsong: Pennsylvania.

2001.

A book of poems about the Earth, Moon, Sun, and Stars.

McCaughrean, Geraldine. Starry Tales. Margaret McElderry Books:

New York. 1998.

Stories from countries around the world about the origin of the sun, moon, and stars.

Jacqueline, Mitton and Christina Balit. Kingdom of the Sun. National

Geographic Society: Washington, D.C. 2001.

A book about the planets and Earth’s Moon. Each page is personified from the point of view from the planet. Explains the origins and how they got their names.

Letwinch, Joanne. Soaring Through the Universe: Astronomy Through

Children’s Literature. Teacher Ideas Press: Englewood, Colorado. 1999.

Provides children books to use to learn more about the moon. Activities and writing assignments to use with the lessons are provided.

· Moroney, Lynn. Moontellers: Myths of the Moon from Around the

World. Reed Business Information, Inc: New York. 1995.

Stories from around the world about the images that are seen on the moon’s surface.

Osborne, Will and Mary Pope. Space. Random House: New York.

2002.

A nonfiction companion to Midnight on the Moon provides details about space concepts. Still from the perspective of Jack and Annie, so an easy to read research guide for children. This can be used by the investigator to report back to the group.

Peters, Joseph and Peter Cega. Science in Elementary Education 9^th

Edition. Merrill Prentice Hall: Columbus. 2002. pages 405-414.

Inquiry science experiments exploring moon phases and eclipses.

Sis, Peter. Starry Messenger. A Sunburst Book: Straus. 1996.

A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist- Galileo Galilei.

Taylor, Joanne. Full Moon Rising. Tundra Books: Toronto. 2002.

Poems about the names given to the full moons of each month.

Yolen, Jane. Moonball. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers:

New York. 1999.

A neat fiction picture book to share with young readers. About a boy

who imagines he’s playing baseball with the moon.

Yolen, Jane. What Rhymes with Moon? Philomel Books: New York.