Title: Under the Lemon Moon
Author: Edith Hope Fine
Illustrator: Rene King Moren
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781880000694
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.
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Lee and Low: Under the Lemon Moon Teachers Guide
Collaborative Classroom: Story Guide
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: Under the Lemon Tree Teaching Resources
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
Edith Hope Fine Website, Dig Deeper—Under the Lemon Moon—Activities
Brilliant Start Magazine: Forgiveness: A Virtue-Building Lesson Plan
Edith Fine: Official Website
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