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I, Galileo

Author Bonnie Christensen
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RH Childrens Books | Knopf Books for Young Readers
On sale Jun 12, 2012 | 40 Pages | 9780307974402
Grades 4-7
Reading Level: Lexile 940L | Fountas & Pinnell W
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Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible to young readers. And Christensen's artwork glows with the light of the stars he studied.

Galileo's contributions were so numerous—the telescope! the microscope!—and his ideas so world-changing—the sun-centric solar system!—that Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern science." But in his own time he was branded a heretic and imprisoned in his home. He was a man who insisted on his right to pursue the truth, no matter what the cost—making his life as interesting and instructive as his ideas.
Bonnie Christensen was an author and illustrator of books for young readers. She wrote more than 20 books, including Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People, which won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book. She died in 2015. View titles by Bonnie Christensen
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, April 23, 2012:
“The explanatory style, accessible language, and diagrams keep science concepts understandable.”

The New York Times, June 20, 2012:
"Bonnie Christensen dials back several centuries in “I, Galileo,” demonstrating once again how a well-conceived and executed picture book can deliver a serious story . . . in a beautiful, enriching way. . . . [A] fully realized, humanized portrait."

Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2012:
"An accessible, inviting and attractive introduction to Galileo."

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Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible to young readers. And Christensen's artwork glows with the light of the stars he studied.

Galileo's contributions were so numerous—the telescope! the microscope!—and his ideas so world-changing—the sun-centric solar system!—that Albert Einstein called him "the father of modern science." But in his own time he was branded a heretic and imprisoned in his home. He was a man who insisted on his right to pursue the truth, no matter what the cost—making his life as interesting and instructive as his ideas.

Author

Bonnie Christensen was an author and illustrator of books for young readers. She wrote more than 20 books, including Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People, which won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book. She died in 2015. View titles by Bonnie Christensen

Praise

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, April 23, 2012:
“The explanatory style, accessible language, and diagrams keep science concepts understandable.”

The New York Times, June 20, 2012:
"Bonnie Christensen dials back several centuries in “I, Galileo,” demonstrating once again how a well-conceived and executed picture book can deliver a serious story . . . in a beautiful, enriching way. . . . [A] fully realized, humanized portrait."

Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2012:
"An accessible, inviting and attractive introduction to Galileo."

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