Faces of the Moon

Faces of the Moon

By: Bob Crelin

Nonfiction

This book describes the different phases of the moon with a different page for each phase. It describes the phase, by telling the name, what it looks like in the sky, as well as when that phase rises and sets. At the end of the book it gives more information about the moon as well as a chart showing where the moon is at in relation to the earth during its different phases.

I would use this book while teaching about the phases of the moon. It would be more fun than simply reading the science text about it. After reading it I would have a project where each night they have to look at the moon and record what shape it was and anything else interesting about it. Then after every few days we would reread the page that talked about whatever phase the moon was currently on.