REVIEW: IT'S GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH!

​April is for stargazers, and have I got a dazzling picture book for all you stargazers:

TITLE: THE STUFF BETWEEN THE STARS: HOW VERA RUBIN DISCOVERED MOST OF THE UNIVERSE
AUTHOR: Sandra Nickel
ILLUSTRATOR: Aimée Sicuro
PUBLISHER: Abrams Books for Young Readers/2021
OPENING LINES: 
​Vera always liked looking at the night sky. But when she was eleven, she moved to a new house, with a bedroom so small the only place to look was up through her window. As she lay in bed, a star slipped into sight, slowly snuck across the pane, and disappeared,
 
Others followed.
 
The stars were stirring, and something bright stirred in Vera too.

Wow! The stuff you can learn in a picture book! If you (and your young readers) like space, stars, and smart and resilient women, this book is for you. Sandra Nickel brilliantly weaves the story of how astronomer, Vera Rubin, overcame barriers to help prove the existence of dark matter. Aimée Sicuro's watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil illustrations weave a story all their own (and include bonuses I love, illustrated end papers and a surprise under the dust jacket!). Wonderful book! 
 
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