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The Resource Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei, created and illustrated by Peter Sis

Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei, created and illustrated by Peter Sis

Label
Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei
Title
Starry messenger
Title remainder
a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei
Statement of responsibility
created and illustrated by Peter Sis
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Describes the life and work of Galileo Galilei, 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
Awards note
Caldecott Honor, 1997.
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1949-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Sís, Peter
Dewey number
  • 520/.92
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
830
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
  • MG
  • K-2
LC call number
QB36.G2
LC item number
S57 1996
Literary form
non fiction
Reading level
  • 4.8
  • 5.9
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Galilei, Galileo
  • Galileo
  • Galilei, Galileo
  • Astronomers
  • Scientists
  • Astronomers
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei, created and illustrated by Peter Sis
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"Frances Foster books."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
32 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
33 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9781439553671
Lccn
95044986 /AC
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm33361314
  • (Sirsi) o33361314
  • (TMQ) o33361314
  • 211158
Label
Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei, created and illustrated by Peter Sis
Publication
Note
"Frances Foster books."
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
32 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
33 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9781439553671
Lccn
95044986 /AC
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm33361314
  • (Sirsi) o33361314
  • (TMQ) o33361314
  • 211158

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