When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Loren Long, Walt Whitman$16.99
$19.99
Leave time for wonder.
Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is an enduring celebration of the imagination. Here, Whitman's wise words are beautifully recast by New York Times #1 best-selling illustrator Loren Long to tell the story of a boy's fascination with the heavens. Toy rocket in hand, the boy finds himself in a crowded, stuffy lecture hall. At first he is amazed by the charts and the figures. But when he finds himself overwhelmed by the pontifications of an academic, he retreats to the great outdoors and does something as universal as the stars themselves...
he dreams.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/2004
ISBN: 9780689863974
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 10.06h x 12.26w x 0.41d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Golden Kite - Honor Book
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/2004 pg. 1047
New York Times 11/14/2004 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly 11/22/2004 pg. 58
Booklist 11/15/2004 pg. 585
School Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 138
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 58 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 83490 / When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Reading Level: 2.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is an enduring celebration of the imagination. Here, Whitman's wise words are beautifully recast by New York Times #1 best-selling illustrator Loren Long to tell the story of a boy's fascination with the heavens. Toy rocket in hand, the boy finds himself in a crowded, stuffy lecture hall. At first he is amazed by the charts and the figures. But when he finds himself overwhelmed by the pontifications of an academic, he retreats to the great outdoors and does something as universal as the stars themselves...
he dreams.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/2004
ISBN: 9780689863974
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 10.06h x 12.26w x 0.41d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Golden Kite - Honor Book
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/2004 pg. 1047
New York Times 11/14/2004 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly 11/22/2004 pg. 58
Booklist 11/15/2004 pg. 585
School Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 138
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 58 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 83490 / When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Reading Level: 2.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5