E. C. Krupp

Humorous and informative introduction to Big Dipper, North Star, and more in The Night Sky.
Beautiful and evocative illustrations abound!

Diversity in kids, Neanderthal to future, would be welcome.

Both students and adults may find some parts of presentation still confusing,
as with locating other constellations and with POLARIS and THUBAN.

I have had this book since it came out decades ago. From time to time I revisit it and it still fascinates me. it focuses on long forgotten cultures and the importance they put on the heavens and how the night sky affected their lives and feelings.

The seeds of truth in prehistory are dim, but there is a place where lore was collected and remembered...The names of the stars and wanderers & the lore associated with them carry bits of truth through time...Echoes is a great introduction to the pan universal attempts by cultures in prehistory seeking to order the mystery of time's passage...The Bibliography outlines a further Library quest for lore or science...

Think about the 'Ring Around the Rosy' song we all sang and it's direct memory show more of the Black Death a thousand years ago...Every ancient story carries a seed of truth in it's tale...

This book bridges categories and puts parts of the physical world directly into the context of myth and legend...

A Key book in the TheDancingGoats.com library... show less

In a clear, concise, narrative voice, E.C. Krupp explicates scientific, historical, and cultural knowledge about the astrological phenomena of comets, the touchstone example being Halley’s Comet. Robin Rector Krupp’s outstanding black and white pen-and-ink illustrations provide visual supplementation and contribute additional devices that help contemporary young readers comprehend and contextualize the narrative information in relation to familiar references from the world as they show more experience it. show less