There Was a Black Hole That Swallowed the Universe

Ferrie, Chris

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Annotation: Using the familiar rhythm of "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly," follow along as the black hole swallows up everything that exists,from the biggest to the smallest pieces of matter, includes instructions for revealing secret, invisible text and artwork that reverses the story.

Genre: [Earth and space sciences]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #193194

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 09/03/19

Illustrator: Batori, Susan,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-492-68077-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-492-68077-2

Dewey: 523.1

LCCN: 2019026187

Dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.

Subject Heading:
Outer space. Juvenile literature.
Universe. Juvenile literature.
Outer space.
Universe.

Language: English

Reviews:

School Library Journal (Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

PreS-Gr 3 -A black hole personified travels through the universe swallowing everything it comes across from galaxies to quarks. The book uses the familiar "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" refrain to take readers on a journey through space. Different sizes of matter get swallowed as the black hole traverses through space starting with the universe and galaxies, making its way through stars and planets before swallowing cells, molecules, atoms, neutrons, and quarks. The cartoon-like illustrations depict each of the described types of matter with faces and emotion adding humor to the text. Naturally, each type of matter is not depicted in proper proportion to each other as that scale wouldn't fit in the book. Using a black light, the story can be read in reverse from before the Big Bang to the creation of the universe. VERDICT As a fun way to learn about the universe and its various parts, this book makes for an excellent first purchase.-Heidi Grange, Summit Elementary School, Smithfield, UT

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School Library Journal (Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Word Count: 486

Reading Level: 3.6

Interest Level: P-2

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.6 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 510725 / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: 490L

Guided Reading Level: N

Spark your child's imagination through science and learning with this captivating astronomy book for toddlers. When it comes to kids books about black holes nothing else can compare to this clever science parody from the #1 science author for kids, Chris Ferrie! PLUS, use a black light to reveal secret, invisible text and artwork that reverses the story from nothing to the scientific creation of everything! Using the familiar rhythm of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," follow along as the black hole swallows up the universe and everything that exists in it, from the biggest to the smallest pieces of matter. The silly, vibrant artwork is sure to make stargazers of all ages smile and start a love of science in your baby. There was a black hole that swallowed the universe. I don't know why it swallowed the universe--oh well, it couldn't get worse. There was a black hole that swallowed a galaxy. It left quite a cavity after swallowing that galaxy. It swallowed the galaxies that filled universe. I don't know why it swallowed the universe--oh well, it couldn't get worse.

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