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Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations


By Jacqueline Mitton

Reading Level: Pre-School, Early Elementary School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books 2006

This collection of brightly illustrated constellations makes a great introduction to astronomy.

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Caldecott Medal

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