We, the Curious Ones

By Marion Dane Bauer

Book Overview

Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic concepts--the evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story.

Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science is a long journey, yet 95 percent of the world "out there" remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow? Marion Dane Bauer's glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deepti's intricate cut-paper illustrations, dazzling with light and shadow, to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humans--the curious ones, the storytellers--are active, vital, changing, and growing, too. In a comprehensive afterword, the author tracks formative contributions to the study of the universe by Western and non-Western civilizations over the centuries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536218596
• ISBN13: 9781536218596
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.4" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4