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The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars

The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars

A Life of Edwin Hubble

by Isabelle Marinov and Deborah Marcero
Hardback
Publication Date: 19/01/2021

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This beautifully illustrated biography of Edwin Hubble explores the curiosity that he possessed from a young age, and the many questions that he asked about our universe. This book invites children to ponder these questions as well: How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where did it come from?

★ A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2021
★A Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Loveliest Children's Book of 2021
★ A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022, of Outstanding Merit
★ An Air & Space Magazine Best Children's Book of 2021
★ A EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor Award Winner (California Reading Association)
★ Nominated for a 2023 Beehive Award for Children's Informational Books (Children's Literature Association of Utah)

This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to follow his dreams of becoming an astronomer. Using the insights of great mathematicians and endlessly observing the sky, he succeeded in confirming two things that altered human life forever: that there are more galaxies than our own, and that the universe is always expanding. Hubble's message to us is to find peace in the vastness of the mystery surrounding us, and to be curious. "We do now know why we are born into the world," he said, "but we can try to find out what sort of world it is."

ISBN:
9781592703173
9781592703173
Category:
Space (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
19-01-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Enchanted Lion Books, LLC
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
299x200x15mm
Weight:
0.45kg
Isabelle Marinov

When Isabelle was 9 years old, her parents gave her a red typewriter for her birthday. She started crafting stories in German and Luxembourgish, her native language, straight away, but it wasn't until her first son was born that she returned to writing full time.

Isabelle writes across several genres, writing picture books, middle grade and screenplays. She speaks four languages fluently, but English is her favourite for prose. She is a member of the SCBWI and a 2017/18 Children's Literature Fellow at Stony Brook University in Southampton, NY.

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