Seven Stories about the Moon

Overview

An unlikely pairing—science and poetry—join forces in this beautiful, instructive collection

A collection of poems that illustrates scientific findings, how scientists think and work, and how humans respond to what science teaches them. With a variety of poetic forms from ancient to modern and broad coverage of science topics, this book offers a wide range of opportunities for students to appreciate, analyze, and respond to these poems with creative work of their own. Seven Stories about the Moon and 101 Other Science Poems will be one of the six notable books showcased in the Poetry Spotlight in Foreword Review's May/June 20th Anniversary Edition.

Reviews

"The gods of poetry surely must experience severe bouts of eye-rolling boredom—a result of all too many weightless, inconsequential poems. But this anthology for young adults demonstrates poetry's superpowers by offering more than one-hundred inspiring works exploring engineering, technology, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and other science subjects all sheathed in the velvet glove of beautiful verse. —Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews

Author Biography

Penny (Pendred) Noyce is the author of 12 books for young people, a retired doctor, and advocate for STEM education. Katie Coppens is a sixth-grade teacher and author of Geology Is A Piece of Cake and a book on creative writing in the science classroom. For this project, they brought together an editorial team of teachers, poets, and students to gather over 80 exciting science poems.