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Starry Messenger : Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Picture Book
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780374371913
- Book Title
- Starry Messenger : Galileo Galilei
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Item Length
- 12.3 in
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- SiS, Peter, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Science & Nature / Astronomy
- Item Weight
- 19 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 36 Pages
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"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe but that it and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo kept careful notes and made beautiful drawings of all that he observed. Through his telescopehe brought the starts down to earth for everyone to see. By changing the way people saw the galaxy, Galileo was also changing the way they saw themselves and their place in the universe. This was very exciting, but to some to some it was deeply disturbing. Galileo has upset the harmonious view of heaven and earth that had been accepted since ancient times. He had turned the world upside down. In this amazing new book, Peter Sís employs the artist's lens to give us an extraordinary view of the life of Galileo Galilei. Sís tells his story in language as simple as a fairy tale, in pictures as rich and tightly woven as a tapestry, and in Galileo's own words, written more than 350 years ago and still resonant with truth. This title has Common Core connections. Starry Messenger is a 1997 Caldecott Honor Book.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374371911
ISBN-13
9780374371913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
162154
Product Key Features
Book Title
Starry Messenger : Galileo Galilei
Number of Pages
36 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Science & Nature / Astronomy
Illustrator
SiS, Peter, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
12.3 in
Item Width
9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"An original. . .SÍs celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." --Starred,Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .SÍs manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." --The New York Times Book Review, "An original. . .S s celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." --Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .S s manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." -- The New York Times Book Review, Original and exquisite. . .Sís manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable., "An original...Sis celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own."-Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite...Sis manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable."- The New York Times Book Review, "An original. . .Sís celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." -- Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .Sís manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." -- The New York Times Book Review, An original. . .Sís celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own., "An original. . .Ss celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." -- Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .Ss manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." -- The New York Times Book Review, "An original. . .SÍs celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." --Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .SÍs manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." --The New York Times Book Review, "An original. . .Ss celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." --Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .Ss manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." -- The New York Times Book Review, "An original. . .Sís celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own." --Starred, Booklist "Original and exquisite. . .Sís manages to tell the relatively complicated story of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous illustrations imaginable." -- The New York Times Book Review
Lccn
95-044986
Grade from
First Grade
Dewey Decimal
520/.92 B
Grade to
Fifth Grade
Lc Classification Number
Qb36.G2s57 1996
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