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Title: Pieces of Another World
Author: Mara Rockliff
Narrator: Donna German
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-13-15
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
This touching story of a father and child's nighttime excursion to watch a meteor shower is told through the eyes of a child in awe of the night world. Rockliff's vivid descriptions make listeners feel as though they, too, are watching the tiny bits of other, distant worlds blazing into our own.
The "For Creative Minds" education section includes teaching trivia about meteors, meteor showers, comets, and asteroids as well as a "Meteor Math" game, a "Five Steps to a Fantastic Meteor Watching Party" checklist, and a recipe for comet cookies.
Members Reviews:
A beautiful book that holds up under constant reading
My daughter has owned this book for two days and we've already read it at least a dozen times. I don't mind having to read it over and over because the words and pictures are so lovely. It perfectly captures the strangeness and excitement of a nighttime childhood adventure. My daughter is now much more interested in the solar system, and the scientific information at the back helps me answer questions.
This will be my top choice for Christmas for my young relatives.
A real kid pleaser!
This book is a wonderful way to introduce the night sky to children. The initial suspense draws them in, and skilled storytelling keeps them interested the whole way through until, before they know it, they've learned something. I can tell this one will be pulled off the shelf again and again!
Jumping Out of Bed
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Rockliff, Mara. Pieces of Another World. Illustrated by Salima Alikhanb. Mt. Pleasant, SC. Sylvan Dell Publishing. 2005. Hardback. 32 pages. #15.95. Ages 5-9 ISBN 0-9764943-2-9
Many children have questions about meteors. Was that a shooting star? Author Mara Rockliff watched a meteor shower with friends one bitterly cold night. They huddled under blankets, afraid if they blinked they'd miss those tiny bits that blazed into our sky from distant worlds.
What a dynamic way to introduce the night sky. When Jody's father wakes her in the middle of the night, he tells her to put on her shoes, he has a surprise for her. She can't imagine where they are going in his old blue pickup.
The only answer she gets to her thousands of questions is, "I will show you some pieces of another world."
Jody and her father stop for ice cream, pass by a lake, see a fox, and hear an owl. Jody considers each is "a piece of another world." Her father declares these are not what he brought her out to see.
Rockliff has written her first picture book as a story of a little girl's adventure with her father and a perfect book for early science curriculum. She offers a blend of nature, science and imagination.
Salima Alikhan teaches art in a Montessori school. She has a unique way of creating the effect of snow, gravel, sand, stars by sprinkling salt on top of the watercolors while it's still wet. Pieces of Another World is also her first picture book.
For Creative Minds section follows the story. It defines key terms, shows an illustrated comet's orbit, and a comet cookie edible craft.
Sylvan Dell Publishing has discovered a perfect niche, picture books that assist parents and teachers teach awe-inspiring scientific instruction.
meteor shower and comet cookies
It is the middle of the night; a little girl is snug in her bed, sleeping soundly when she hears.
