Older Than the Stars

from shelf-employed

Wow! Who would think that one could create a picture book explaining the Big Bang Theory? A good picture book. An accurate picture book. A rhyming, cumulative picture book. Karen C. Fox and illustrator Nancy Davis have done just that! Kudos! A simple, cumulative rhyme follows the creation of the ...

from RayJones63

This book is very helpful when teaching information about the solar system and how the stars and plants came to being as well as how that you are made up of stuff older then the universe. The book breaks down big topics and puts it into language that most small elementary school children would un...

from pataustin

This is a must-have book for science collections. The familiar format: "This is when the world began.....These are the bits that were born in the bang when the world began...." fits with the cumulative nature of the book, but sidebars tell much more. This develops concepts of atoms, the Big Bang ...

from Nancy.Castaldo

Perfect picture book. Bold illustrations. Lyrical text. Informative sidebars. Beautifully designed.

from pataustin

This is a must-have book for science collections. The familiar format: "This is when the world began.....These are the bits that were born in the bang when the world began...." fits with the cumulative nature of the book, but sidebars tell much more. This develops concepts of atoms, the Big Bang ...