num_pages: 48
description: Winner of an American Institute of Physics Science Communication AwardA Golden Kite Honor BookA Junior Library Guild SelectionA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the YearThe illustrations suffused with glowing light are dynamically varied including a colorful double-page spread of the Milky Way galaxy panels carrying information [and] fanciful visions of other worlds Thorough backmatter includes books astronomy clubs and various websites for further exploration. An attractive and informative volume for young stargazers. Kirkus ReviewsManleys writing swings gracefully between factual descriptions  and more lyrical observations: All stars twinkle but some stars also seem to wink at us... as if saying I know a secret.   Richly informative prose and intimate yet expansive art show a childs contagious enthusiasm for the books subject. Includes a timeline of astronomical discoveries and suggestions for further reading. Publishers WeeklyDo you wonder if humansare the only beingswho wonderif they are alone in the universe?Our sun is a star.In the night sky are all kinds of stars and orbiting those starsare planets like the ones in our own solar system.Could those planets have lifelike we do on Earth?Planet Earth is not too big not too small not too hot and not too cold. It's just right.Our very own Goldilocks planet . . . .Follow a young girlas she explores these questionsin this gorgeous book about the wondrous searchfor another Goldilocks planet.
language: English
title: Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
publisher: Roaring Brook Press