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Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei

Sís, Peter 1949- (illustrator,, author.).

Summary: Describes the life and work of the courageous man who changed the way people saw the galaxy, by offering objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374371913
ISBN: 0374371911
Physical Description: 31 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 31 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Peter Sís is an internationally acclaimed author, illustrator and filmmaker. Her was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia and studied painting at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and at the Royal College of Art in London. He lives in New York.
Target Audience Note:	830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 0.5 18892.
Awards Note:	Caldecott Honor Book, 1997 American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997 New York Times Outstanding Children's Book of the Year Scientific American Young Readers Book Award Winner, 1996