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Starry messenger
a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei
By Sis, Peter
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37437-191-3
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1996
Gr 1-6 In Follow the Dream (Knopf, 1991), Sis depicted both the humanity and heroism of Christopher Columbus. In Starry Messenger, Sis turns his considerable talents to another infamous Italian--Galileo Galilei. He layers his telling so that young children or groups may focus on the short version printed in large type at the bottom of each page. Older readers will glean more from the quotes pulled from the astronomer's treatise (the work that inspired this title) and other primary sources, such as Inquisition documents. This ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
