The Story of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor: A Roman Constellation Myth (Night Sky Stories) - Softcover

Meister, Cari

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1404877207 ISBN 13: 9781404877207

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2012

Synopsis

Callisto, a beautiful young huntress, is not looking for love. But Jupiter has been watching her, and he has a plan to make her fall in love with him. When Callisto has Jupiter's son, his wife is angry. Will Callisto and her son survive the wrath of Jupiter's jealous wife?

About this title

Book Description:

· Each book tells a story connected to a well-known constellation · Combines history and mythology with science · Illustrated nonfiction picture books

About the Author:

Born in 1974 in Nantes, France, Gerald grew up in nine different cities around the land of cheese. He graduated from the National School of Applied Art (also called Olivier de Serres) in 1998. Gerald's creativity blossomed at a web design company, an event studio, a video-games studio, and then several animations studios. Aside from illustration, Gerald has many other interests, including managing the French Comics Artists association "Rendez-Vous" (which published its first book at Akileos publishing in 2009), or co-leading with the Japanese Artist Daisuke Tsutsumi the artistic and charity project "Sketchtravel," a real sketchbook shared by 70 illustrators from all around the world.

Cari Meister has written more than 130 books for children, including the Tiny series (Penguin) and the Fast Forward Fairy Tales series (Scholastic).  Cari is a school librarian and she loves to visit other schools and libraries to talk about the joy of reading and writing.  Cari lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, four boys, one horse, and one dog.  You can find out more about her at www.carimeister.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1404877207
• ISBN 13: 9781404877207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Guerlais Gerald