Children's Feature:

How the Moon Became Full

Story by Kate Keenan / Art by Deb Taylor


The Moon wanted to be beautiful again, but his face was pocked and colorless. He remembered the days when his surface was smooth and porcelain white. He heard the people of Earth say, “Oh, look at the Moon!” and thought they were disgusted by him, for he did not understand they found him dazzling and inspiring. He heard the wolves and coyotes howling, and he thought they were trying to scare him away. “Those creatures must be so frightened,” thought the Moon, and he would wax and wane in hopes to hide his face longer.