I painted this for
a thank-you card

Beautifully illustrated by
Michael Carroll.

Try a Big Bang! and English/Language Arts activity.

"An energetic, animated alternative to Seymour Simon's more matter-of-fact Universe (2000)." Read reviews!


Big Bang!
The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular

Long ago...
An Astronomical
Big Bang
Changed the Crunched-up Cosmos.

What was the Big Bang? How did it happen? How did our universe begin? And how do we know? Find out while following the alliterative verse that runs from A to Z. I think of this book as a great read for kids and their grown-ups.

Honors: * International Reading Association 2005 Book Award Notable * On final ballot for the 2005 American Library Association Notable Award. *Editors' Choice (10/05): Science Books and Films, the review journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. * National Science Teachers Association NSTA Recommends listing: "a marvelous resource."

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Leonardo’s ABC

Leonardo drew ARCHES and studied their strength
And planned a big BRIDGE to span a great length.

Leonardo da Vinci tinkered with many objects and ideas, from
A to Z. Pairing rhyming images from both Leonardo’s notebooks and pictures of objects from children’s own lives, this rhyming verse inspires the Leonardo inside everyone to come out and play.

Published by the Museum of Science, Boston.
Available now. Please contact me.

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