Reading Wednesdays

Here are two books about the beginning of school told from completely different perspectives.

Planet Kindergarten: 100 Days in Orbit by Sue Ganz-Schmitt and illustrations by Shane Prigmore

“A young child imagines kindergarten as a mission in space, with his fellow kindernauts, and this is their one hundredth day.” What a fun twist on the new school year.

MY FIRST DAY by Phúng Nguyên Quang and Huỳnh Kim Liên. “This is no ordinary first day. The rainy season has come to Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat…”

To the Edge of Our Galaxy

I was inspired by the James Webb telescope launch to make this art. The telescope was designed to unfold like origami and travel to the outer edge of our galaxy. It is hard to imagine how far away that is. But I wonder what is out there.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/JWST.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1036600340/nasa-is-launching-a-new-telescope-that-could-offer-some-cosmic-eye-candy

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/the-long-awaited-james-webb-space-telescope-has-a-big-to-do-list