The Zodiac by Jacqueline Mitton
Everyone knows their own star sign, but how many can identify the constellations in the night sky and the stars that form them? Here is a beautiful illustrated book offering a factual, astronomical guide to the Zodiac and the celestial phenomena in which the Zodiac tradition is rooted. Illuminated by Christina Balit's dazzling illustrations, this book will appeal to horoscope-devotees, star-gazers and everyone fascinated by the reality behind the myths, whatever their age.
Jacqueline Mitton is Public Relations Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society and a distinguished astronomer. She contributed to the Marshall Children's Guide to Astronomy which was shortlisted for the Rhone Poulenc Junior Science Book Prize 1999. Christina Balit's previous books for Frances Lincoln include Blodin the Beast, written by Michael Morpurgo which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and The Twelve Labours of Hercules, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her latest titles are Atlantis and Escape from Pompeii. Jacqueline and Christina first collaborated on Zoo in the Sky, which won a US Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award in 1998, and Kingdom of the Sun: A Book of the Planets, which won an English Association Non-fiction book award in 2001. Their latest title together is Once Upon a Starry Night, published in October 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845070748 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845070747 |
| Title | The Zodiac |
| Author | Jacqueline Mitton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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