Skywatcher
"Tamen longs to see the stars, but none are visible in the light-polluted sky above the fire escape of his urban apartment building. Even in the neighborhood park, the stars are hidden by city lights. This is a story about love and sacrifice: Tamen's mom, a nightshift nurse, finds a way to take him...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thomaston, Maine :
Tilbury House Publishers,
2021.
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| Summary: | "Tamen longs to see the stars, but none are visible in the light-polluted sky above the fire escape of his urban apartment building. Even in the neighborhood park, the stars are hidden by city lights. This is a story about love and sacrifice: Tamen's mom, a nightshift nurse, finds a way to take him camping. For one magical night on the shore of a wilderness pond, the Milky Way in all its glory belongs to them."--Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780884488972 0884488977 |
| Author Notes: | JAMIE HOGAN has published illustrations in newspapers, periodicals, and numerous award winning children's books including Rickshaw Girl, which was named one of the Best 100 Books by the New York Public Library and won the Jane Addams Peace Association Award and the Maine Library Association's Lupine Award; and Island Birthday, which won the 2015 Lupine Award. Jamie lives on an island in Casco Bay with her husband and daughter. |
