Blue Star, New Star

by Matthew C. Fleenor

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Softcover

$13.95

E-Book

$5.99

Softcover

$13.95

Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 8/31/2020

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 8.5x8.5

Page Count : 32

ISBN : 9781480889132

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 32

ISBN : 9781480889156

About the Book

blue star, new star; red star, old star
stars are born and stars get old
many secrets stars do hold
ageing stars puff out in red
it’s like a person’s graying head

What are the stars really like, and how do we know what they do? Are there different kinds of stars? How can we tell?

Blue Star, New Star offers an introductory reader and an early portal into the realm of stars. It uses a rhyming cadence and repetitions of important words (colors, numbers, and phonetics) to appeal to a broad range of young readers. The prose text covers many basic concepts of astronomy, while the images reveal the beauty and wonder of the night sky as seen through the eyes of national satellite observatories.

Intriguing and engaging, this children’s exploration of astronomy provides an introduction to the science through memorable verses and prose explanation.

About the Author

Matthew C. Fleenor, PhD, is an astronomer, educator of undergraduate physics and astronomy at Roanoke College, and father of three. Much of his work at Roanoke provides the opportunity to communicate complex astronomical concepts to undergraduate nonscience majors and the public. He seeks to build wonder in everyone toward the natural world as a teacher, parent, and human. He currently lives in Virginia.

Customer Reviews

Fleenor provides the perfect short book to engage the entire family in learning about stars. Each two-page section has catchy rhymes and cadence that help teach young learners the basics of star astronomy and insights into our connection to stars, while short blurbs provide more detail for advanced learners and adults. Beautiful, high-resolution, images show the wonderful world of stars, from star wind to stellar evolution, that appeal to all, while child-friendly drawings illustrate the concepts for the young learners. This short book is a must-have for families looking to expose children to science and astronomy at an early age!

David Taylor
This is a most engaging look at stars for young readers. The author’s fun use of rhyme and art bring a wonderful sense of discovery to this trip through the stars. An excellent tool for teachers!

Gary
Blue Star, New Star is a wonderful book to engage young readers and the young-at-heart. The description of stars in rhyme with hand-drawn sketches makes astronomy approachable to young readers while the opposing page has beautiful photography and text to engage an older reader. As the child grows, this book could be revisited with more of a focus on the prose to engage with the wonder of astronomy. The synthesis of poetry and prose allows a child to engage with the world of stars at multiple times and at multiple levels.

Chris L
Blue Star, New Star is a fun look into the amazing life of stars! With higher level astronomy ideas boiled down to reach early readers, this book is a great way to let kids explore their questions about our night sky.

Morgan Heckman
This is a fun and an exciting way to introduce astronomy to children of all ages. Young children are natural scientists with unrivaled imagination and untainted curiosities, and this book offers answers to a child’s questions about things they see in a night sky. The poetic flow of the text (in Dr. Seuss's style) and the colorful illustrations are bound to trigger the inner child in young adults and grownups alike. The high-resolution images taken by various space-based telescopes and earth-based telescopes adds to the richness of the scientific facts about different types of stars including our very own sun. The author not only presents the science of star formation, stellar evolution, organization of stars in constellations and globular clusters in a succinct way that unravels the secrets of how our universe works, but also in a way that feeds to the natural of curiosity and wonderment that children have. I highly recommend this book to teachers and educators for use in classrooms and libraries. This book is also one of the must-have books in a child’s collection at home. -Rama Bala , PhD Professor of Physics

Rama Bala
This is a wonderfully delightful book! Well-written, with whimsical animations, and informative! Great for kids and adults alike. I would highly recommend for anyone with kids, or anyone with an interest in learning about astronomy. The concepts are explained and illustrated in a manner such that the complex ideas easily understandable.

Lorenza Levy
Dr. Fleenor's book will instill wonder in us all! From the youngest child peering into the night sky, to an elementary teacher attempting to explain such wonders, Blue Star, New Star provides accessible language and magnificent illustrations. A must for elementary classroom science teachers and school libraries!

Katie Elmore
What a wonderful book that belongs in every library and classroom (at homes and in schools)! Accessible for even the youngest children but full of current beautiful images and information about astronomy. There is something for all people interested in astronomy to learn.

Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf

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