As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(4)
K-3
This poem of imagined flight from earth to beyond our galaxy and back effectively conveys awe about the universe. A stanza on each page is well matched to the facing color illustrations of stars, planets, and galaxies. While factual prose at the bottom of each text page gives important information, reading it takes you away from the poem itself. Websites. Glos.