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Looking for yesterday

How can tomorrow ever be as good as yesterday? Boy doesn't think it can be and puts all his scientific knowledge to use, trying to work out how to go faster than the speed of light and make time go backwards. His grandad discovers him exploring the garden looking for wormholes, a possible short...

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Main Author: Jay, Alison (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Rathfon, Joyce tribute.
Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction.
Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Space and time > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: How can tomorrow ever be as good as yesterday? Boy doesn't think it can be and puts all his scientific knowledge to use, trying to work out how to go faster than the speed of light and make time go backwards. His grandad discovers him exploring the garden looking for wormholes, a possible shortcut back to yesterday - and reassures him that tomorrow will hold great experiences, which will become new treasured memories.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN: 1536204218
9781536204216
Author Notes: Alison Jay has been illustrating picture books for some thirty years. She says that a radio program about time and space along with childhood memories of her rocket-engineer father inspired her to write and illustrate Looking for Yesterday. She lives in London.

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