Rash, Andy

Summary: "After hearing about the total solar eclipse happening in two months, a boy makes a plan with his father to go see it. They drive to the perfect campsite, not wanting to miss the couple of minutes when the sun will be completely hidden by the moon. When the moment happens, being together makes it even more special. Based on a trip that author-illustrator Andy Rash took with his son to see the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAS

Rau, Dana Meachen

Summary: "Just in time for the third North American total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, this book explains how to safely observe solar eclipses, how long eclipses last, and why they result in a blackout period during the day"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 RAU

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 RAU

Close, F. E.

Summary: On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this beautiful natural phenomenon. The book explains why eclipses happen, reveals their role in history, literature and myth, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Space Close

Fox, Kate Allen

Summary: "Sky gazers experience a total solar eclipse in this descriptive picture book about the wonders of this phenomenon"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 FOX

Kennefick, Daniel

Summary: In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century's most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new era and made Einstein a global celebrity by confirming his dramatic prediction that the path of light rays would be bent by gravity. Today,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 KEN

Littmann, Mark

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.78 LIT

Fraknoi, Andrew

Summary: This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family...

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Science Teachers Association 2017

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 FRA