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Starry Messenger
Galileo Galilei
by
Peter Sís
Publisher:
Square Fish Publishing
©1996,
ISBN:
9780374470272
Trade Paperback, 38 pages
List Price:
$8.99
Sale Price: $7.64
Used Price:
$3.60
(1 in stock)
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Celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo in a picture book that achieves a brilliance of its own. An original—Starred /
Booklist
The author's take on his exceptional subject avoids the usual, eye-glazing list of accomplishments and gives readers Galileo himself, who always had stars on his mind.—Pointer /
Kirkus Reviews
Possesses a richness and density that are likely to enchant children and adults alike. Ultimately,
Starry Messenger
celebrates the power of freedom and thought, the pleasures of acute observation and the beauty of a dream held fast by one of the greatest astronomers of all time. —Elizabeth Spires,
The New York Times Book Review
The pathos, the painstaking copies of Galileo's famous sketches of the heavens, and the attention to current scholarship make this books a fascinating find. —Starred /
School Library Journal
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