Bibliograph

The day the universe exploded my head, poems to take you into space and back again, Allan Wolf ; illustrated by Anna Raff

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Label

The day the universe exploded my head, poems to take you into space and back again, Allan Wolf ; illustrated by Anna Raff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and glossary

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8 to 12

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 3 to 7

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

The day the universe exploded my head

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1042876733

Responsibility statement

Allan Wolf ; illustrated by Anna Raff

Sub title

poems to take you into space and back again

Summary

Creative nonfiction poetry combines humor, creative imagery, and illustrations to explain topics in astronomy and other space sciences

Table Of Contents

The Sun : a solar sunnet, er, sonnet -- The Sun did not go down today -- A Moon buffet -- Shooting stars : Perseid meteor shower (poem for three meteors) -- Meteorite : chaos in Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013 -- Mercury : given to extremes -- Venus (come live with me and be my lunch) -- Earth : your mother I'll be -- Mars : a Martian sonnet -- The Moons of Mars : fear and terror! (poem for two small moons) -- Jupiter : I'm Jupiter the giant -- Saturn : and the winner for best wardrobe is ... -- Uranus : the planet behind the blue-green mask -- Neptune : the lonesome, on-my-own-some Neptune blues -- The moons of Neptune : roses are red, Neptune is blue -- Planet X -- Pluto and Charon : dancing with the stars (poem for a dwarf planet and its moons) -- Twinkle, twinkle little man -- Going the distance : (rap for two voices) -- Solar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) -- Lunar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) -- Black hole -- A Sputnik moment : first artificial satellite October 4, 1957 (poem for two scientists) -- Ivan Ivanovich : mannequin cosmonaut March 1961 -- The children of astronomy -- For those who light the candle : for the astronauts and cosmonauts who have given their lives to travel into space -- The rocket launch -- The rusty rockets retirement garden : Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida (poem for four aging rockets) -- The day the universe exploded my head : (poem for one human, one heart, and one brain) -- Notes on the poems -- Glossary of selected space terms -- Internet resources -- Acknowledgements

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification

Contributor