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Blast off with Douglas Florian's new high-flying compendium, which features twenty whimsical poems about space.
From the moon to the stars, from the Earth to Mars, here is an exuberant celebration of our celestial surroundings that's certain to become a universal favorite among aspiring astronomers everywhere.
Includes die-cut pages and a glossary of space terms.
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A "Universal" treat!.......2007-05-05
I think Douglas Florian's new book, 'comets, stars, the moon and mars' is his most expressive yet.
Beginning with the poem "skywatch," two children look at the sky. The next poem is "the universe."
Die cut "planet" holes move the reader deeper and further through space. From "mercury" to "venus" to "the earth" to "the moon" the poems continue in order according to their distance from the Sun. Comets, black holes and the mystery of what lies beyond are also addressed. Florian's ability to weave facts and fun are on full display here.
The bright color palette echoes the amazing views from the Hubble space telescope. This generation of kids has grown up looking at Seymour Simon's books about the solar system and the Universe. They have seen the colors that are out there.
Check out the Harcourt page about the book and download Florian's Poetry Kit. The "Practical Poetry Pointers" are some of the most best tips for writing poetry with kids that I have ever seen.
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When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their beloved Moominvalley.
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Comet in Moominland, Paperback.......2007-09-23
Wonderful book for both children and adults. I fell in love with moomin adventures as a kid and wanted to share it with my child. He loved it too.The charm of the Moomin Valley never fades.
The shipping was fast and the book was in mint condition, I am very pleased with this purchase.
Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Large astronomical objects blow up everything, even trolls.
So what is a young moomin to do when threatened with extinction by big space rock smooshing? Set out to save the world of course, preferably with a bunch of friends. If you make some new ones on the way, then that is perfectly fine as well. How exactly a short funny looking little guy can have his own astronomical impact requires a bit of invention.
Run for cover!.......2007-05-27
Tove Jansson, Comet in Moominland (Ernest Benn Ltd., 1946)
It is one of the great travesties of literature in translation that of the fourteen legendary Moomin books written by Tove Jansson, three of them have, as far as I have been able to tell, weathered over half a century without being translated into English, despite the great success of the other eleven. It's a twist of the knife that The Little Trolls and the Big Flood, the first of the series, is one of the three. (Note: the book has, in fact, been recently translated, but it only available, as of this writing, in Finland.) Thus, for over fifty years, English children delving into the Moomin books (and they have been legion) have started their journey here, with the second book, Comet in Moominland. And while it's a decent book, it's not the highlight of the series by a long shot. Would it be better if we had access to the first? I've no idea. I hope to find out eventually.
Moomintroll and Sniff are young, and they do love a good adventure. During a wild storm, they meet the Muskrat, a philosopher who foretells the end of the world. Sure enough, not long after, astronomers spy a comet rushing towards the earth, and Moomintroll, Sniff, and their new friend the Silk-Monkey head off to find astronomers to consult with. A grand adventure, indeed.
Back when I was a kid devouring the Moomin books, Comet in Moominland was my least favorite of the series. I'm not terribly sure why, rereading it, now, because it's got pretty much everything a kid could want-- fantastic creatures, grand adventure, the fate of the world hanging in the balance, all that stuff. I really did like it a great deal this time round. If I find the rest of the series that much better in rereads as I did thirty-odd years ago, I'm in for a wonderful series of re-reads. This is great stuff. *** ½
Yea for Moomintroll & Friends.......2006-03-27
The first time I came across this book, I had to read it for a college class on children's lit. It was such a fantastic story that I couldn't believe I had never heard about it in my childhood. My children, however, are more fortunate to have made the acquaintance with Jansson's wonderful characters. For the past month, I have been reading this story a chapter at a time to my 3 year old twins and they love it! They have developed a great affection for Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin so much so that their reading comprehension has soared. From night to night they can tell me every detail of what was read in the previous chapter. This isn't done with all books - just the ones that they really take to heart. And this story has a lot of heart. Essentially it's a tale of what fear does to people (or in this case creatures). Friends Moomintroll and Sniff go out on an adventure to find out about a comet and meet up with a traveler named Snufkin and then later with a Snork Maiden and her brother, as well as many other imaginative characters. I highly recommend this book to read to your preschoolers until they can read it for themselves (and they will want to). Even the seemingly odd phrasing to the American child (that comes with most books in translation) is a learning experience. The vocabulary surge with this book has been amazing. It will be a favorite for years to come.
Excellent.......2006-03-19
Poetic, emotionally moving and poignet portrayl of what fear of war/unknown can have on individuals. I love all of Tove Jansson's Moomin books and read them with great delight. There is humor, sensitivity and thought...something that is used not enough or heavy handed by other children's authors.
I cannot wait until my children are old enough to read these books on their own and I will read them the stories in the mean while. You cannot go wrong with Jansson's books.
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Why is Dilbert such a phenomenon' People see their own dreary, monotonous lives brought to comedic life in the ubiquitous strip. In the 23rd collection of Scott Adams" tremendously popular series, Don"t Stand Where the Comet Is Assumed to Strike Oil, suppressed and repressed workers everywhere can follow the latest developments in the so-called careers of Dilbert, power-hungry Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, the pointy-haired boss, and other supporting"but don"t you dare call them supportive"characters. Each "funny because it"s true" scenario bears an uncanny, hysterical, sometimes uncomfortable similarity to cubicle-filled corporate America. But the United States clearly hasn"t cornered the market when it comes to drone-filled offices: Dilbert appears in 65 countries in 25 languages and in 2,000 newspapers. The strip has 150 million fans worldwide.
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Don't Stand Where The Comet Is Assumed To Strike Oil: A Dilbert Book.......2007-03-26
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Fun times.......2005-09-16
Scott Adams brings an utterly human and sensible perspective to what is so often inhuman and insensible: the world, especially the office world. Adams' satire is sometimes so bizarre and abstract as to actually approach reality.
Adams' only trouble is that he seems to be running out of ideas, cycling some of the same basic jokes in different packages. But he's still a funny read, and one of the best comics out there.
A very hilarious book........2005-01-21
This latest Dilbert is witty, funny, and I give Scott Adams an A+ for putting greater details into his art works.
Not the strongest Dilbert collection but worth the read........2005-01-06
If you have ever read Dilbert and cracked a smile or saw where you worked in the joke then you need to buy the collected strip editions.
Profits Plummet.......2004-12-16
Dilbert and the cast of his wacky corporation are back for more satirical looks at our modern business life. Join our crazy characters for some of the following story arcs:
The company loses so much money a new number needs to be named
The perils of discount Irish dancing
The dreaded tunnel shark
Asok heads the office relocation
And more quick jabs and jokes than can be listed. If you work in an office, you will swear Scott Adams has been watching your coworkers.
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It all begins when Comet walks away from the lighthouse close to his birthplace on Nantucket Island. He visits a garden, a bookstore, a boat, and a party, and at each place he gets into trouble and loses one of his lives. Comet starts to worry. He longs for a home, a place where he'll be safe. Will he find one before he uses up all nine lives?
"Brett's style is deliciously intricate and detailed. Charming."
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My 1st grade class liked it!.......2007-08-26
Comet is a cat living in a dog-run world (doesn't life suck there?) where he meets misfortune after misfortune. Fortunately, he is a cat and therefore has nine lives--he just happens to be loosing them at an alarming rate.
It's a sweet, quirky story that admittedly does not have much on plot. But the kids had fun predicting how each new situation would kill Comet. I have never seen macabre in a cuter way, and that's always a plus. Despite all the fun deaths, we are still left wondering if Comet will make it out alive and live happily ever after or lose all nine lives.
Much of the story is told in the illustrations, and I appreciated that as it got the kids thinking. And, as always, Jan Brett's illustrations are gorgeous.
If the kids are fighting over this book during free reading time, that's a good sign. And teacher enjoys a little macabre herself.
Great job.
Great Pictures, Okay Story.......2007-04-26
Very beautiful Nantucket influenced illustrations, but I am not compelled to own it compared to many other of Brett's books, due to the story,and I am a cat lover. The flow seemed choppy from page to page as the cat "dies" each one of eight of his nine lives in various ways.
Beautiful Illustrations and an Entertaining Storyline.......2006-03-27
As always, the drawings by Jan Brett are amazing. The detail shows just how deeply she researches all of her subjects before starting a project.
This story follows Comet, and adventure-seeking cat on Nantucket who manages to find trouble wherever he goes and quickly uses up his "nine lives" before he finds a wonderful home at the lighthouse.
For those who have trouble with the idea of Comet "dying" over and over again, try explaining to your children what the phrase "nine lives" means. Obviously no cat has nine lives, but anyone who has cats, as we do, knows that cats have lots of near misses. When we read this book we do not look at them as deaths, but mearly close calls.
A great story to follow along with the fantastic illustrations.
My First Jan Brett Book.......2005-12-12
This was my and my son's first Jan Brett book and it won't be our last! We bought it on vacation on Cape Cod, and even though the story was about Nantucket, we were thrilled with how well it evoked the various sides of beach town living. So different than all the other "beach books" out there. It doesn't hurt that my son is a cat freak, so of course we were very interested in all the ways that Comet the cat chose to explore the sea town. I paused a bit before buying this book, worried about having to explain "death" to my son in the context of Comet's having nine lives, but I found that it didn't bother him or me, he was able to understand that the nine lives were meant humorously.
The illustrations are nicely complex, and they still provide much to look at even though my son has already committed the text to memory.
We'll be trying Jan Brett's Christmas books next. (Update -- The Christmas books are nowhere near as much fun as Comet. They seem like they come from a different author entirely).
Death is not charming.......2005-10-13
I agree with the reviewer who found this macabre. Normally I like Jan Brett's work a lot, but I don't think that death should be portrayed as cute and funny, nor do I think that young children should be given the impression that death is a temporary state.
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Whether they appear as distant specks in an astronomer's telescope or shoot brilliantly across the evening sky, comets, meteors, and asteroids have fascinated sky gazers throughout history. But where do these racing celestial bodies come from, and what can they teach us about our universe? Join Seymour Simon for a look at the fiery mystery and wild wonder of these luminous bodies of night.
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Helpful for lying on your back on a warm summer's night!.......2000-07-26
We're giving this book as a gift after having enjoyed it with our own family. We're amateur "stargazers", and our young friends enjoyed having this book as reference during visits with us. It's difficult to explain certain terms regarding the evening skies. This book helps to clarify, and does so beautifully!
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While we worry over the depletion of the earth's natural resources, the pollution of our planet, and the challenges presented by the earth's growing population, billions of dollars worth of metals, fuels, and life-sustaining substances await us in nearby space. In this visionary book, noted planetary scientist John S. Lewis explains how we can mine these precious metals from the asteroids, comets, and planets in our own solar system for use in space construction projects. And this is just one of the possibilities. Join John S. Lewis as he contemplates milking the moons of Mars for water and hollowing out asteroids for space-bound homesteaders-all while demonstrating the economic and technical feasibility of plans that were once considered pure fiction
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Non Fiction.......2007-09-03
Mining the Sky : Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets
by John S. Lewis takes a balance looked at the possibilities and/or necessities of space exploration and exploitation for economic reasons.
There are a lot of resources out there, and finite resources here, and he looks at both private and public involvement in the activity.
Now I see how it can be done.......2007-07-28
A short way into this book, I went to the back of the book to see if the author is a journalist or a real scientist. That's because it was so well written. He's a scientist alright. And, it wasn't long before I encountered the dense exposition I expected.
So, there's a dusting of light reading, especially the scifi scenes that serve as introductions to each chapter. The craftsmanship of those would make a professional scifi writer envious.
Then there's the info-packed core of each chapter. My chemistry and astrophysics is practically non-existant and I couldn't keep up, but I got the gist of it. I still appreciated the effort to explain things. Other authors would skip the explanation and merely state the conclusion. That would leave me wondering how trustworthy that statement was.
In the end, I felt I had a good overview of how the future might take shape.
I should warn you of that, at the start of the book, the author presents a version of 15th century Chinese explorations (he doesn't mention the name 'Zheng He') that is a little shakey historically. But blaming "the court eunuchs" makes too good a metaphor to let that get in the way. However, for a couple chapters at the end of the book he turns preachy -- essentially labelling dissenters from expansion into space as "court eunuchs", then disassociating himself from the political left and right by sloppily redefining their positions. I guess he couldn't trust us to make our own way thru political thickets. Fortunately, the just-the-facts bulk of the book make up for these few tantrums.
Amazing and important book, even 10 years later.......2007-01-10
This is a wonderful book. The author lays out, very plainly, how the vast resources of the solar system will enable a prosperous future for 10 quadrillion people within half a millenium, and at the same time save the Earth from the economic and ecological dangers it now faces.
Parts of the book are a bit dated now, including the "new afterword by the author" which was written in 1997 (only a year after the book was first published). I'd love to see a new edition that takes into account the developments (or lack thereof) of the last ten years. But the vast majority of the book still applies just fine. I highly recommend this book to anyone with any concern about humanity's future.
This needs to be required reading in schools.......2007-01-02
Mining the sky is an encouraging answer to those who worry about overpopulation, global warming, and environmental degradation. It challenges us to expand our limited perspective and seek solutions to the worlds problems in unconventional places. Lewis very logically and reasonably explores the potential wealth of our solar system, and lays out a very feasable framework to follow in order to utilize the seeminly unlimmited resources in our backyard.
Makes One Think.......2006-01-01
Mining the Sky is an excellent book for any person who has had any association with earthly mineral extraction and the potential for utilization of space-based resources on the Moon, Mars, and Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs). While the book is nearly a decade old, the primary message remains poignant and relevant even more so in the 21st Century. It is my hope that the author will do a second edition in the near future. With recent robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, asteroids and comets having taken place since the book was first published, I am certain that there is even much more to now be said about the economics of space-based mineral commerce.
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