When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (Hardcover)

from foggidawn

In this lovely, simple book, Loren Long brings vivid back-story to Walt Whitman's poem. In vibrant reds and oranges tempered with muted navy hues, Long tells the story of a small boy in an uncomfortable suit, who comes with his parents to a grand lecture hall to hear an academic speak. Escaping f...

from JTNguyen

A little boy found himself fascinated with astronomy while looking at proofs and figures at a museum. However, when he sat down in a room and heard the astronomer lecture, he found himself bored and began to wander. He wandered outdoor and dreamed while looking at the stars in sky.

from lruano

There was a little boy who dreamed of the stars up above. When he went to the museum because an astronomer was going to have a lecture he seemed so excited. In the beginning he was amazed by the charts and figures that showed the proof of the stars, but as the lecture begins he begins to become u...

from SunshyneBuckarma

Whitman, Walt, and Loren Long. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 2004. Print. In the book, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer", illustrator, Loren long has taken some of Walt Whitman's classic poem, "Leaves of Grass" and has applied it as the wor...

from sottallah

This book was one sentence, but told a lot. The boy dreamed about being an astronomer but when he heard an astronomer's lecture, he grew bored and was not every interested. He left the lecture and was reunited with the open sky and stars. His dream of being an astronomer continued.