Stephanie Roth Sisson

This was a lovely book to read. I think it could be incredibly inspirational and tangible for young readers. This story tells about a young boy named Carl who attends a fair one day. At the fair, he see's an exhibit about stars and becomes fascinated by stars and the solar system. Sisson shows Carl as he gets older and becomes a scientist, and eventually participates in launching a space craft. I was really drawn to this book because of the illustrations and the narrative. However, I think it could be used as a great introduction into a lesson or unit about the stars, to inspire students and get them thinking. There could also be a discussion about the different fields of science.… (mehr)

This book focused on how Carl Sagan was interested in stars as a kid so he did research and grew up and got his doctorate. He ended up launching a spacecraft out. One thing that I do not love about this book is that it is about a white men, not that we should not represent white men in our classroom but especially in science we need to represent women and people of color. I did like that it showed how if a kid is interested in something they can do research about it. They can learn about big things at a young age. The illustrations are very cute. In my classroom I could use this book before starting a space/stars unit.… (mehr)