Curtis Manley
Author of The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
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If you're searching for a Goldilocks science book for kids, this one is JUST RIGHT! Sorry, that is corny. But true! Lucid explanations of astronomy are just one piece of the puzzle. This book also tells an everyday story in the pictures -- a family visiting a science museum -- which serves to connect the book to the lives of readers. I also love additional facts in sidebars, captions, and endpapers. And beautiful illustrations. I think this will work for ages 5 to 10.
As a librarian, I'm peeved with the publisher Macmillan right now over their ebook embargo. I would like to say they stink. At the same time, this book rules.… (more)
As a librarian, I'm peeved with the publisher Macmillan right now over their ebook embargo. I would like to say they stink. At the same time, this book rules.… (more)
A nice update to a story I remember from my childhood, and beautiful illustrations.
Genre
Picture books for children
STEM fiction
Tone
Amusing
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Illustration
Cartoony
Subject
Girls
Individuality
Insects
Rescues
Spiders
Worms
Character
Courageous
Quirky
Picture books for children
STEM fiction
Tone
Amusing
Writing Style
Attention-grabbing
Illustration
Cartoony
Subject
Girls
Individuality
Insects
Rescues
Spiders
Worms
Character
Courageous
Quirky
Lists
Youth: Astronomy (1)
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- Works
- 6
- Members
- 342
- Popularity
- #69,721
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 37
- ISBNs
- 17
Awards: 2019 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award and 2017 Freeman Book Award for East and Southeast Asian Children's Literature