A Song for the Cosmos
by Jan Lower (Author) Gary Kelley (Illustrator)
Blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnson led a hardscrabble life, but in 1977, NASA's Voyager spacecrafts were launched, each carrying a golden record to introduce planet Earth to the cosmos, and his song "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" became the defining anthem.
Weaving together elements of Johnson's biography with an account of how a team of astrophysicists, writers, and artists created the golden record for the Voyager mission, Jan Lower and Gary Kelley craft a tale that is itself A Song for the Cosmos.
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Kelley matches Blind Willie Johnson’s tone and the space subject matter with softly colored scenes of the musician and Voyager set against indigo blues and occasional orbs, planets, and records.
Jan Lower
Jan Lower is the author of several forthcoming nonfiction picture books for children, including A Song for the Cosmos. Before becoming a children's writer, Jan worked as a lawyer in Washington, DC, for several years. She received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Susan Reagan earned her degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design. With previous experience in greeting cards, surface designs, and picture books, Susan's titles include You and Me, Lights Out!, and Revolutionary Prudence Wright.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781682770924
Lexile Measure
850
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Creative Editions
Publication date
August 08, 2023
Series
-
BISAC categories
BIO000000 - Biography & Autobiography | General
Library of Congress categories
United States
Blues musicians
Johnson, Blind Willie
Voyager Project
Exomusicology
Blues musicians
Johnson, Blind Willie
Voyager Project
Exomusicology
