Walking Stars
Author: Victor Villaseñor
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781558855359
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Walking Stars
Author: Victor Villasenor
Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 2003-05-01
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780613894524
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Walking Stars
Author: National Geographic Learning National Geographic Learning
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Published: 2006-08-10
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780736231367
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The stories in Victor Villasenor's Walking Stars are about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Villasenor shows that every story, and every family, is filled with magic, if we look hard enough.
The Stars Beckoned
Author: Candy Wellins
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-04-20
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0593118049
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A lyrical picture book biography of Edward White, the first American to walk in space--and an ode to the beauty and wonder of the stars that brought him there. Edward White loved the night, lived where stars were big and bright. The evening sky-- so wide, so high. Made him wonder. Made him sigh. Edward White was the first American astronaut to walk in space. But before his spacewalk, he was just a boy who loved the stars. As he grew up, he would look up at the night sky in wonder--he knew that, one day, he would visit the stars themselves. In this touching and poignant picture book biography, we see how Edward's passion for the stars shaped the course of his life, and how he came to realize, even in the depths of space, what was ultimately most important to him--his family. With backmatter containing photos and more information on Edward's life, Candy Wellins and Courtney Dawson deliver a book that is as much a feast for readers' eyes as the stars were for Edward's. Praise for The Stars Beckoned: "The right stuff for children with the stars in their eyes." --Kirkus Reviews "An introduction to a space pioneer that’s ideal for the youngest nonfiction readers." --Publishers Weekly
What We See in the Stars
Author: Kelsey Oseid
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0399579532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more. Combining art, mythology, and science, What We See in the Stars gives readers a tour of the night sky through more than 100 magical pieces of original art, all accompanied by text that weaves related legends and lore with scientific facts. This beautifully packaged book covers the night sky's most brilliant features--such as the constellations, the moon, the bright stars, and the visible planets--as well as less familiar celestial phenomena like the outer planets, nebulae, and deep space. Adults seeking to recapture the magic of youthful stargazing, younger readers interested in learning about natural history and outer space, and those who appreciate beautiful, hand-painted art will all delight in this charming book.
Walking Stars
Author: Victor Villaseñor
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
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Walking Stars
Author: Victor Villasenor
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 1998-05-11
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780613590280
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A Walk Through the Heavens
Author: Milton D. Heifetz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-02-12
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780521544153
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Wanderlust
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-06-01
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1101199555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction--from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja--finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world.
To the Stars!
Author: Carmella Van Vleet
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 2016-01-12
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1607348527
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn’t like the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren’t supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting jobs. Kathy liked fishing and swimming; flying planes and studying science. That’s what she liked and that’s what she decided to do with her life. She followed her heart and eventually became a NASA astronaut and the first woman to walk in space. Kathy wanted to see the whole world and so she did: from space! Backmatter includes further information about Dr. Sullivan and her career, as well as other famous firsts made by women astronauts.
