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Starry
Messenger
Galileo Galilei
Full-color
illustrations by the author
Ages 6 up / 40
pages
ISBN: 0-374-37191-1 / $16.00
Sunburst Paperback
ISBN: 0-374-47027-8 / $5.95
Frances Foster Books
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Caldecott Honor
Book
ALA Notable Book
School Library Journal Best Book of the
Year
In language
as simple as a fairy tale, pictures as rich
and tightly woven as a tapestry's, and in Galileo's
own words written more than 350 years ago, Starry
Messenger superbly unites innocence and
intelligence, naïveté and sophistication,
to fascinate children and adults alike.
Reviews
"A work of art from cover to cover,
this is a book of rare quality." --Scientific
American
"Magnificent
. . . original . . . exquisite . . . Sís
manages to tell the relatively complicated story
of Galileo in such a simple, straightforward
way, accompanied by some of the most gorgeous
illustrations imaginable . . ." --The
New York Times Book Review
"A glory
and a marvel . . . The Czech-born Sís
has written and illustrated about a dozen books
of extraordinary beauty, profundity and complexity."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
"An original
. . . Sís
celebrates the life, ideas, and genius of Galileo
in a picture book that achieves a brilliance
of its own." --Booklist
"A finely
illustrated overview of the life and work of
Galileo explains, in simple language and with
Galileo's own words, the impact of the astronomer's
discoveries on the science, philosophy, and
art of Renaissance Italy." --Ingram
Copyright © 2002-2004
Peter Sís
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