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The day the universe exploded my head poems to take you into space and back again

Hang on tight for a raucous bounce through the solar system and back -- propelled by funny, fanciful, factually sound poems and exuberant illustrations. The universe poured into me. My brain was overloaded. It smoked and glowed red-hot. And then it actually exploded. Ever wonder what the sun has to...

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Main Author: Wolf, Allan (Author)
Other Authors: Raff, Anna (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Space sciences > Juvenile poetry.
Planets > Juvenile poetry.
Outer space > Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, English.
Poetry. > Juvenile.
Humorous poetry.
Poetry.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Sun : a solar sunnet, er, sonnet
  • The Sun did not go down today
  • A Moon buffet
  • Shooting stars : Perseid meteor shower (poem for three meteors)
  • Meteorite : chaos in Chelyabinsk February 15, 2013
  • Mercury : given to extremes
  • Venus (come live with me and be my lunch)
  • Earth : your mother I'll be
  • Mars : a Martian sonnet
  • The Moons of Mars : fear and terror! (poem for two small moons)
  • Jupiter : I'm Jupiter the giant
  • Saturn : and the winner for best wardrobe is ...
  • Uranus : the planet behind the blue-green mask
  • Neptune : the lonesome, on-my-own-some Neptune blues
  • The moons of Neptune : roses are red, Neptune is blue
  • Planet X
  • Pluto and Charon : dancing with the stars (poem for a dwarf planet and its moons)
  • Twinkle, twinkle little man
  • Going the distance : (rap for two voices)
  • Solar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
  • Lunar eclipse : (poem for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
  • Black hole
  • A Sputnik moment : first artificial satellite October 4, 1957 (poem for two scientists)
  • Ivan Ivanovich : mannequin cosmonaut March 1961
  • The children of astronomy
  • For those who light the candle : for the astronauts and cosmonauts who have given their lives to travel into space
  • The rocket launch
  • The rusty rockets retirement garden : Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida (poem for four aging rockets)
  • The day the universe exploded my head : (poem for one human, one heart, and one brain)
  • Notes on the poems
  • Glossary of selected space terms
  • Internet resources
  • Acknowledgements.

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