Bright Star Night Star: An Astronomy Story

Karl Beckstrand
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Genres: Children's, Picture Books, Multicultural. Format: Paperback. Views: This Week 1109, Total 1154.
“Guides readers into a world that is eye-opening and page-turning!” - UP Authors’ (2014 cover design award). A picture book introduction to the night sky—accompany a Native American child in identifying moons, meteors, constellations, galaxies, etc. (for children ages 4 – 9, preschool – 4th grade). Kids love this STEM book’s finding activity and distinguishing between planets and stars.


• Online glossary
• Constellation finding activity
• Tongue twisters
• Native American characters
• Hard cover, soft cover, or ebook

This children’s science book includes characters of color and rich illustrations of heavenly bodies by Spanish illustrator Luis F. Sanz (Why Juan Can’t Sleep: A Mystery?) that aid vocabulary comprehension. About 400 read-aloud words by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (see 60+ multicultural books—click Karl Beckstrand above).

Discover Monument Valley and expose your child to the starry skies (and a little space science) tonight! #3, Careers for Kids educational book series—get all four books! Others in this grow up series: The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm; Great Cape o’ Colors – Capa de colores (English-Spanish): ChildrenEarn.

8.5"x8.5", 30 pg. full-color children’s poem/astronomy book for kids/girls; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Worldwide rights under the sun © 2014). More inside images/video book trailer: PremioBooks, Baker & Taylor, B&N, Brodart, Follett, Gardner’s, Herzberg/Perma-bound, Ingram, Biblio/EBSCO/ibooks/Kindle/Kobo/Mackin/Smash/SCRIBD, libraries, Target and Walmart online. LCCN: 2013913403, JNF051040, JUV011040, JUV036000, JUV010000, JUV020000, JUV054000, GAM020000; ISBN Hard: 978-0985398880, ISBN Soft: 978-0615856155 (ebook ISBN: 978-1310128097)
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