Title Galileo's telescope / Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster ; illustrated by Leighton Noyes and Karen Radford.

Publication Info.	St. Catherines, Ont. ; New York : Crabtree Pub., [2009]
	©2009

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1418714~S1

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95th Street Juvenile Biography	J BIO GALILEI	AVAILABLE

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Description	37 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Series	Stories of great people.
Note	Includes index.
	009-012.
	950L Lexile
	Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 1 129276
Audience	009-012.
	950L Lexile
Summary	Galileo's telescope is discovered by Digby and his sister Hannah in Mr. Rummage's stall at a busy antiques market. The children listen to Mr. Rummage's tale of the person who owned it.
Contents	Knicknack market comes to life -- Galileo Galilei -- Gifted and talented -- Brillant mathematician -- Galileo's gadgets -- Galileo's spyglass -- Science revolution -- Stargazer -- Galileo's observatory -- Patrons of science -- Taking risks -- Dangerous book -- On trial -- House arrest -- Ahead of his time -- Galileo's legacy.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader MG 6.5 1 129276
Subject	Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Juvenile literature.
	Astronomers -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Mathematicians -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Scientists -- Italy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author	Foster, Karen, 1959-
	Noyes, Leighton, illustrator.
	Radford, Karen, illustrator.
ISBN	9780778736943 (lib. bdg.)
	0778736946 (lib. bdg.)
	9780778737162 (pbk.)
	0778737160 (pbk.)

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