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Bright sky, starry city

Author: Uma Krishnaswami; Aimée Sicuro
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Groundwood Books, 2015.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It's a special night --Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights? Raindrops begin to fall, followed by lightning and thunder. Phoebe is filled with disappointment as she and her father hurry inside to wait out the storm. But suddenly the power fails and then,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Juvenile works
Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-, author.
Bright sky, starry city.
(CaOONL)20149059051
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Uma Krishnaswami; Aimée Sicuro
ISBN: 9781554984053 155498405X
OCLC Number: 889168958
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Responsibility: written by Uma Krishnaswami ; illustrated by Aimée Sicuro.

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"Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It's a special night --Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights? Raindrops begin to fall, followed by lightning and thunder. Phoebe is filled with disappointment as she and her father hurry inside to wait out the storm. But suddenly the power fails and then, amazingly, the rain and clouds disappear. Phoebe and her dad and all kinds of people spill into the street. And there, in the bright night sky, the splendor of the planets and a multitude of stars are revealed for all to see. An illustrated afterword includes information about the solar system, planetary conjunctions and rings, moons, telescopes and light pollution. A glossary and recommended further reading are also included."--Amazon website.

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