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Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei Cover Image Book

Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei / created and illustrated by Peter Sis for Frances Foster Books at Farrar Straus Giroux, New York.

Sís, Peter, 1949- (illustrator,, author.).

Summary:

Describes the life and work of 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374371911
  • ISBN: 9780374371913
  • Physical Description: 31 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 31 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Peter Sís is an internationally acclaimed author, illustrator and filmmaker. Her was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia and studied painting at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and at the Royal College of Art in London. He lives in New York.
Target Audience Note:
830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 0.5 18892.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book, 1997
American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997
New York Times Outstanding Children's Book of the Year
Scientific American Young Readers Book Award Winner, 1996

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Subject:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 > Juvenile literature.
Astronomers > Italy > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > Italy > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Astronomers > Juvenile literature.
Scientists > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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Jacksonville Main Library EB GALILEO (Text) 36015000028387 Juvenile Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library JB GALILEI (Text) 39493104146560 Juvenile Biography Available -
Alleghany Public Library JB GALILEO (Text) 30664100030656 Juvenile Biography Available -
Anderson Creek School Media Center J 921 Galileo Sis (Text) 30431315 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library JB GALILEI (Text) 34510000068450 Juvenile Biography Available -
Ashe County Public Library J B GALILEI (Text) 50503300039544 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library EB Galilei (Text) 31111002066393 Juvenile Biography Available -
BHM Headquarters Library J B Galileo G (Text) 38344100581691 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Barco Library J B GALILEI (Text) 39488200663278 Juvenile Biography Checked out 08/18/2026
Belhaven Public Library J B Galileo G (Text) 38344100581683 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
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