Caroline's Comets: A True Story
by Emily Arnold McCully
Caroline Herschel, Hunter of Comets, grew up knitting stockings and performing the... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 1,237
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 187655
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Comets
- Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848--Juvenile literature
- Astronomers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Women astronomers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Discoveries in science--Juvenile literature
- Comets--Juvenile literature
- Scientists--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women
- Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Great Britain
- Discoveries in science
- Herschel, William
- Women astronomers
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Women scientists--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Scientists
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822--Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Women scientists
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Author Interviews 3
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Women's History Selection, 2018
Best STEM Books, 2017-2021
Selection, 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Biography Selection, 2017
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