Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ashley Benham-Yazdani, Ashley Benham-Yazdani (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2023-10-10Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536223231ISBN-10:1536223239UPC:9781536223231Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, History, People & PlacesBook Topic:Astronomy, Exploration & DiscoverySize:11.42 x 9.76 x 0.47 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCE90643X0
Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind
An innovative and visually sweeping picture book imagines Halley's Comet observing Earth and its inhabitants at every pass, tracing human evolution over millennia. First recorded traveling overhead in 240 BCE, Halley's Comet returns every seventy-six years or so for a fresh glimpse of life on bountiful Earth. In a wondrous story told from the comet's point of view, the creator of A Green Place to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536223231ISBN-10:1536223239UPC:9781536223231Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, History, People & PlacesBook Topic:Astronomy, Exploration & DiscoverySize:11.42 x 9.76 x 0.47 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCE90643X0
Ashley Benham-Yazdani is the author-illustrator of A Green Place to Be. About this book, which she worked on while pregnant with her second child, she says, "Our long-term comet visitor has seen many of the discoveries, wonders, and, sadly, numerous tragedies of humanity, including our devastating impact on the planet. In all of its visits, one thing has been unchanging: the human hope that our...
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