They are recent arrivals in the Nebraska Library Commission's children's materials review collection. We have interpreted Cosmic Connections to include more than books about space - we think it might also mean books that enlarge children's sense of the world and its possibilities. A short description of the book as well as ordering information can also be found. Right Here On This Spot illus. Right where grandpa plows the field, mastodon hunters and others up through history left a sign of their passing.
Grandpa finds a mastodon bone, an arrowhead, and a Civil War uniform button in the field.
This title connects people over time. A touching story of death and the power of memory. The family tells stories of their favorite times with Grandpa, before he died. They come to realize he is still with them, in a different way. Written in 1984 and given new illustrations in this issue, Branley looks at our nearby planets for potential life, then briefly at the many stars and possible planets beyond our solar system.