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Look Up! : Henrietta Leavitt, pioneering woman astronomer / Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Raúl Colón.

Burleigh, Robert. (Author). Colón, Raúl, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Henrietta Swan Leavitt changed the course of astronomy when she was just twenty-five years old. Henrietta spent years measuring photographs of stars. Her discovery that certain stars had a fixed pattern to their changes in brightness made it possible for astronomers to measure greater stellar distances, leading to our present understanding of the size of the universe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1416958193
  • ISBN: 9781416958192
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
004-008.
AD600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.6 0.5 156812.
Subject:
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, 1868-1921 > Juvenile literature.
Astronomers > United States > Biography.
Astronomers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers > United States > Biography.
Women astronomers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 20 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Main Library J 520.92 BUR (Text) 30229101038189 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Mars Hill Library JBIO LEAVITT BUR (Text) 30229101038197 Juvenile Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library JB LEAVITT (Text) 39493107308191 Juvenile Biography Available -
Camden County Library E J B LEAVITT (Text) 39488900194475 Easy Fiction Available -
Dunn Public Library J B LEAVITT Bur (Text) 33436001661419 Juvenile Biography Available -
Elkin Public Library JB LEAVITT (Text) 30499100462256 Juvenile Biography Available -
Fletcher Branch LEAVITT (Text) 33258009824272 Juvenile Biography Available -
Halifax Main Library J B LEAVITT HAL (Text)
Public Note: Donated by the Friends of the Littleton Library, June 2005.
01011700047287 Juvenile Biography Available -
Henderson Main Branch LEAVITT (Text) 33258007531770 Juvenile Biography Checked out 08/25/2026
King Public Library JB LEAVITT (Text) 30094100312435 Juvenile Biography Available -