Title: Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
Author: Peter Sis
Illustrator: Peter Sis
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Year: 1996
Awards/Accolades:
Caldecott Honor
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 1997 - Recommended
Booklist Book Review Stars, American Library AssociationKirkus Book Review Stars, 1996
Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, 1997 ; NCTE Children's Literature Assembly
Notable Children's Books, 1997 ; ALSC American Library Association
Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of the Social Studies, 1996 ; National Council for the Social Studies NCSS
Publishers Weekly Book Review Stars, November 1996
School Library Journal Best Books, 1996
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, October 1996
Summary: Sis's intricate illustrations illuminate the life and times of Galileo Galilei (Italy 1564). One simple story is told in type font. More detailed information added in script, often in flowy spiral paths.
Use in Classroom/Library:
Can read aloud the basic text.
Curriculum Connections:
Science: study findings of GalileoHistory: connections to other ideas and people of this Renaissance period.
Special Features:
Link to Teachers' Guide at Farrar, Straus and Giroux
This title is in the Saint Joseph School Library.
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