A few beautiful minutes : experiencing a solar eclipse

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Title:

A few beautiful minutes : experiencing a solar eclipse

Author:

Fox, Kate Allen, author.

Le, Khoa, 1982- illustrator.

Summary:

What happens during a solar eclipse? The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep, and night animals wake. The moon takes over the sky. People stop what they’re doing and together, they look up. The whole world changes for a few beautiful minutes. Celebrating a favorite wonder of the universe, A Few Beautiful Minutes encourages young readers to (safely) discover each stage of a solar eclipse, and to experience how this incredible phenomenon can connect us to one another. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 4-8. Little, Brown and Company.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Genre:

Creative nonfiction.

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Solar eclipses -- Juvenile literature.

Eclipses -- Juvenile literature.

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term:

Sun -- Juvenile literature.

Author(s):

Le, Khoa, 1982-

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780316416924

Publication Information:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.

Call Number:

P FOX

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

A poetic and exquisitely illustrated tribute to the solar eclipse and the magic of togetherness, seen through the eyes of a child.

What happens during a solar eclipse? The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep, and night animals wake. The moon takes over the sky. People stop what they're doing and together, they look up. The whole world changes for a few beautiful minutes.

Celebrating a favorite wonder of the universe, A Few Beautiful Minutes encourages young readers to (safely) discover each stage of a solar eclipse, and to experience how this incredible phenomenon can connect us to one another.

Author Notes

Kate Allen Fox is the author of Pando: The Living Wonder of Trees, and her essays have appeared in The New York Times and McSweeney's . After working in public health, she combined her passions for science and the written word and began writing picture books that inspire wonder and curiosity about the natural world. She invites you to visit her online at kateallenfox.com or on Twitter @kateallenfox.

Khoa Le has illustrated numerous picture books, including Beatrice Likes the Dark , The Most Beautiful Thing , Sugar in Milk , and the Sydney Taylor Honor book Miriam at the River , among others. She is also an author, a graphic designer, and a painter. Khoa has a passion for travel, an eagerness to learn about different cultures, and a desire to discover the beauty of the world. She lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and invites you to visit her online at khoaleartwork.com or on Instagram @khoa.le.artwork.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Fox pens an ode to a total solar eclipse, a moment when the moon "steal the sun's glory/ ...for a few beautiful minutes." Le creates vignettes of children of varying skin tones making paper sun viewers that will allow them to safely regard the eclipse, as well as sweeping landscapes from which many species encounter the spectacle. As the sky darkens, wild creatures behave instinctively ("Birds roost for the night/ as crickets and bats wake"). And during the total eclipse, delicate filaments of energy radiate from the sun--the corona's "lightning-like tentacles." One spread zooms in from a crowd scene to a single pale-skinned child, who radiates their own filaments of energy: "one/ tiny/ precious.../ you." The miracle of the eclipse and the miracle of existence are drawn together in this title about the unifying power of coming "face-to-face with the splendor of the universe." Back matter includes instructions for constructing a sun viewer. Ages 4--8. (Sept.)