"With hand-colored woodcuts and lyrical poems, When The Moon Is Full portrays the twelve full moons of the year. Traditional Native American names, from the Wolf Moon to the Long Night Moon, follow the monthly path of the moon in all its wonder."

Here is what critics are saying about When The Moon Is Full :

Publisher's Weekly:

  Starred Review

School Library Journal:

   "This delicate collection of poems offers a beautifully illustrated look at a year's worth of full moons."

Smithsonian

  Notable Books for 2001

Booklist:

   "Pollock uses these traditional moon names... as the basis for her original poetry."

A Common Reader:

   "Pollock's verse, celebrating the Native American tradition of naming the full moons of the lunar year, are perfect grace notes to Mary Azarian's stunning hand-colored woodcuts of nature's seasonal splendors. "

Bas Bleu:

   "What an enchanting book."