Ada and the galaxies by Lightman, Alan P. 

BTSB Prebound(MIT Kids Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 572898 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Vacations - Fiction Stars - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction

Summary: Ada knows that the best place for star-gazing is on the island in Maine where she vacations with her grandparents. By day, she tracks osprey in the trees, paddles a kayak, and hunts for shells. But she's most in her element when the sun goes down and the stars blink to life. Will the fog this year foil her plans, or will her grandfather find a way to shine a spotlight on the vast puzzle of the universe ... until the weather turns?

Fancy Nancy lessons in luck by O'Connor, Jane 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P06934 Available

Dewey: 808/SAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Teeth - Fiction School stories Luck - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction Field trips - Fiction Planetariums - Fiction

Summary: A collection of Fancy Nancy stories that includes Fancy Nancy and the too-loose tooth, Just my luck!, and Fancy Nancy sees stars.

Incredible magic of being by Erskine, Kathryn 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 314648 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 740

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Near-death experiences - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction Family life - Maine - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Mothers - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction Gay parents - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Maine - Fiction

Summary: Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desperate need of healing.

Life on Mars by Brown, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury, 2014)

BTSB #: 158201 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.7 3-5

Genres: Humorous Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Astronomy - Fiction Extraterrestrial beings - Fiction Astronauts - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.

Oliver's great big universe by Cham, Jorge 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 204808 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
F&P: W

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Astronomy - Fiction Astrophysics - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns-like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, and the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs. Oliver finally feels like he's starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principal's office, or catch a break from his annoying sister?

She stitched the stars : a story of Ellen Harding Baker's solar system quilt by Harris, Jennifer 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2021)

BTSB #: 421767 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 620 AD

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Baker, Ellen Harding,|d1847-1886 - Fiction Quilting - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction Gender role - Fiction

Summary: In 1876, Ellen Harding Baker begins stitching a quilt that accurately depicts the solar system, demonstrating to her daughters that they can dream bigger and look farther.

Where the sky lives by Dilloway, Margaret 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 279510 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Astronomy - Fiction Poetry - Fiction Ciphers - Fiction Endangered species - Fiction Zion National Park (Utah) - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals lives in Zion National Park with her mother, a park archeologist, dreaming of one day making an important astronomical discovery. Her beloved late Uncle Ezra taught her astronomy, and now it's all she has left of him, along with his ashes and a cryptic poem. When a photo reveals clues about an endangered animal, the animal along with the poem may be the perfect way to stop a new housing development that threatens the park.