Pieces of Another World (Arbordale Collection) by Mara Rockl

ISBN: 1607181142

Author: Mara Rockliff

Condition: new

This touching story of a father and child's nighttime excursion to watch a meteor shower is told through the eyes of a child in awe of the night world. Rockliff's vivid descriptions make readers feel as though they too are watching the tiny bits of other, distant worlds blazing into our own. The For Creative Minds section includes teaching trivia about meteors, meteor showers, comets, and asteroids as well as a Meteor Math game, a Five Steps to a Fantastic Meteor Watching Party checklist, and a recipe for comet cookies. 2006 NAIBA Picture Book of the Year nominee 2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award nominee Pieces of Another World was vetted for scientific accuracy by the education department at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Facilities and has been endorsed by members of the American Meteor Association, the Miami Planetarium and the Von Braun Astronomical Society.Also available in the following Language:Spanish: Pedazos de otro mundo ISBN 9781628553543