Paneled vignettes pace the story, while diagrams and maps extend the narrative and illustrate astrophysical phenomena (e.g., a lunar eclipse). Straightforward storytelling details young Hubble’s early obsession with the sky throughout his Missouri childhood and first career as a teacher and basketball coach, then his transition into astronomy, while mixed-media illustrations evoke the immenseness of the universe in compositions, including an impressive gatefold, that emphasize star-studded skies. ★ "Marinov and Marcero pair up to create this visually striking biography of astronomer Edwin Hubble, whose insatiable curiosity led to groundbreaking discoveries about the cosmos in the early 20th century. Lively and wondrous-readers will be star-struck.” -STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews And the book’s lovely pacing affords ample space to pay tribute to the sense of wonder that guided Hubble throughout his life…The story’s concluding direct address to readers-’Look….Look up at the stars’-is genuinely inspiring. The spreads featuring sprawling night skies dotted with stars are especially beguiling. After his father’s death, he followed his dreams, worked at Mount Wilson Observatory, studied galaxies, and proved both that the universe is much bigger than was previously thought-depicted in a striking double gatefold-and that it is expanding. ★ “This biography of astronomer Edwin Hubble, once a boy looking up at the night sky, is a tribute to his life’s work and the joys of staying curious. Marcero’s tender illustrations remind readers on every page that the experience of looking at a dark, starry sky shaped Edwin’s life.” - The New York Times Beginning with the words “Edwin was a curious boy,” Marinov succeeds in distilling Hubble’s life to the essence of youthful curiosity, bringing readers back time and again to the three key questions to which he sought answers: “How many stars are in the sky? How did the universe begin? Where did it come from?” (themselves typeset in a glimmering silver foil). His research proved that the Milky Way is just one among an infinite number of galaxies. Edwin Hubble is a colossal figure in astronomy. “The cyclical nature of many scientific phenomena provides writers with ready-made narrative structures, but a human life story can be tricky to handle in a picture book: What to include, what to leave out when you have so few words and pages? In The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars, Isabelle Marinov and Deborah Marcero get it just right. “We do not know why we are born into the world,” he said, “but we can try to find out what sort of world it is.”Īn Air & Space Magazine Best Children’s Book of 2021 Hubble’s message to us is to find peace in the vastness of the mystery surrounding us, and to be curious. Using the insights of great mathematicians and endlessly observing the sky, he succeeded in confirming two things that altered human life forever: that there are more galaxies than our own, and that the universe is always expanding. This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to follow his dreams of becoming an astronomer. Nominated for a 2023 Beehive Award for Children's Informational Books ( Children's Literature Association of Utah) *This title will also be available on Bookshop, an organization that supports independent bookstores!Ī New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2021Ī Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Loveliest Children’s Book of 2021Ī Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022, of Outstanding MeritĪ EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor Award Winner (California Reading Association)Īn Air & Space Magazine Best Children's Book of 2021
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