Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei / created and illustrated by Peter S�is.

By:

S�is, Peter, 1949-

Material type:

TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996Description: 33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0374371911
0329040820
9780374371913
9780329040826
9780374470272

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

921 GAL 520/.92 B 20

LOC classification:

QB36.G2 S57 1996

Awards:

Caldecott Medal/Honor, 1997.

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

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Wilson's Children, October 2010.

Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000.

School Library Journal starred, October 1996.

Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1997.

Book Links (A.L.A.), September 2006.

Booklist starred, October 1996.

Pub Weekly, November 1996.

Kirkus Starred, October 1996.

Booklist, November 2003.

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

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K-3

Caldecott Medal/Honor, 1997.

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