Pieces of Another World (Arbordale Collection) - Softcover

Mara Rockliff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607181142 ISBN 13: 9781607181149

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This touching story of a father and child's nighttime excursion to watch a meteor shower is told through the eyes of a child in awe of the night world. Rockliff's vivid descriptions make readers feel as though they too are watching the tiny bits of other, distant worlds blazing into our own. The For Creative Minds section includes teaching trivia about meteors, meteor showers, comets, and asteroids as well as a Meteor Math game, a Five Steps to a Fantastic Meteor Watching Party checklist, and a recipe for comet cookies. 2006 NAIBA Picture Book of the Year nominee 2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award nominee Pieces of Another World was vetted for scientific accuracy by the education department at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Facilities and has been endorsed by members of the American Meteor Association, the Miami Planetarium and the Von Braun Astronomical Society.

Also available in the following Language:
Spanish: Pedazos de otro mundo ISBN 9781628553543

About this title

From the Publisher:

Sylvan Dell Publishing is pleased to announce that "Pieces of Another World" is a 2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award nominee and a 2006 North Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Picture Book of the Year nominee.

We send Mara and Salima our warmest congratulations, and hope that children everywhere enjoy their book.

"Pieces of Another World" is also part of the Accelerated Reader program used in over 57,000 schools.

From the Inside Flap:

2006 NAIBA Picture Book of the Year nominee 2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award nominee

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1607181142
• ISBN 13: 9781607181149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Salima Alikhan