Why is The Moon Following Me? - Paperback

by Suzana Tulac (Author), Magdalena Zuljevic (Illustrator), Emer Catherine Martin (Author)

Why is the Moon Following Me? is a series of fun, short poems for children to familiarize them with the story of early astronomy. Through the eyes of a curious child, we travel through time and encounter the discoveries of seven great thinkers from antiquity to the end of the Renaissance. Astronomy can be intimidating, even to adults, and this book is also for them, as a way to introduce their kids, and themselves, to some important key concepts.

Author Biography

Emer Martin is a Dubliner. Her first novel Breakfast in Babylon won Book of the Year 1996 in her native Ireland. Houghton Mifflin released Breakfast in Babylon in the U.S. in 1997. More Bread Or I'll Appear, her second novel was published internationally in 1999. Emer studied painting in New York and has had two sell-out solo shows of her paintings at the Origin Gallery in Dublin. Her book, Baby Zero, was published March 2007 and internationally in 2014. Emer was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000. She has two young daughters and lives between the jungles of Co. Meath, Ireland and the valleys of Silicon in California. She founded the independent publishing cooperative Rawmeash. This is her first children's book. You can follow her on emermartin.tumblr.com or on twitter@emermartin. Her website is www.emermartin.com Suzana Tulac was born and raised in Croatia. She moved to California in 1997. Her Ph.D. in molecular biology was a result of collaboration between Stanford University, where she worked for five years, and the University of Zagreb, Croatia. As her three kids entered elementary school she became actively involved in children's science education. Over the last few years she attended many talks and workshops on the history of science. She realized there is a lack of fun, accessible materials on this subject for children which prompted the idea for this book. In addition to science, she is very passionate about photography. She lives with her family in Mountain View, CA. You can visit her at www.suzanatulac.weebly.com.