Mara Rockliff
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Coming soon from Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers:
The Busiest Street in Town
My Heart Will Not Sit Down

Pieces of Another World
illustrated by Salima Alikhan (Sylvan Dell Publishing)

Now I was awake all over.
“Going out? Out where?”
But he was gone.

Come along with Jody and her father on a magical, mysterious excursion into the night world—and beyond. With simple yet lyrical prose and lovingly evocative watercolor illustrations, this warm family story brings to life the joy and wonder of a child’s first meteor shower.

2006 NAIBA Picture Book of the Year Nominee
2006 Texas Bluebonnet Reading Award Nominee

Recommended in Sky & Telescope magazine (January 2006).

"The author weaves scientific fact and information into the story with so little effort that readers hardly realize they are learning while reading this endearing story."

Tonya Arnold, NSTA Recommends

"Pieces of Another World is a heartwarming story that will educate and excite children to watch the sky and encourage parents to observe with their children."

Marianne Dyson, former NASA flight controller
and award-winning children's science author

Pieces of Another World illustration "Pieces of Another World touched me deeply because it reminds me of the first times I took each of my boys out to look at the stars . . . It is a beautiful book to look at [and] a nice story that accurately teaches the reader what a 'shooting star' really is."

Gary Kronk, American Meteor Society,
author of Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog

"This is a delightful tale about how different our world appears at night, from the familiar to the unfamiliar."

Jack Horkheimer, host of the PBS show Star Gazer
and Executive Director of the Miami Planetarium

"Nature, science, imagination, and a special time between a father and daughter are perfectly blended together to make this selection interesting and engaging while also offering a fun suggestion to explore the nighttime sky together."

Kendal Rautzhan, syndicated columnist,
"Books 4 Kids"

"Author Mara Rockliff's vivid prose is matched--I might even say surpassed--by Salima Alikhan's watercolor paintings, which evoke the beauty and quiet drama of a midnight trip to 'another world.'"

Debra Ross, KidsOutandAbout.com

Next to an Ant
illustrated by Pascale Constantin (Scholastic/Children's Press)

A child compares the size of various items and discovers she is the tallest of all.