Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine
Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine is a gentle picture book that promotes compassion, generosity, poverty, social awareness and responsible decision-making.
In rural Mexico, Rosalinda wakes to find a Night Man has taken lemons from her much loved tree. She discovers the man selling her lemons but realises he had a need to do this.
With this new understanding, she gives away her lemons, including to the Night Man. He tells her to plant the lemon seeds while the lemon moon is in the sky.
Under the Lemon Moon by Edith Hope Fine
Illustrator: Rene King Moren
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781880000694
Teaching Resources: Under the Lemon Moon
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- Brilliant Start Magazine: Forgiveness: A Virtue-Building Lesson Plan
- Beyond the Page: Under the Lemon Moon Discussion Questions & Activities
- Captioned Media Program: Under the Lemon Moon Lesson Plan
- Collaborative Classroom, Story Guide for Under the Lemon Moon
- Collaborative Classroom: Story Guide
- Edith Hope Fine Website, Dig Deeper—Under the Lemon Moon—Activities
- Lee and Low: Under the Lemon Moon Teachers Guide
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: Under the Lemon Tree Teaching Resources
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