Story of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor: A Roman Constellation Myth

Contributor(s): Meister, Cari (Retold by), Guerlais, Gerald (Illustrator), Burgess, David (Consultant)

ISBN: 9781404873742

Publisher: Picture Window Books

Hardcover

$27.32

Pub Date: July 1, 2012

Dewey: 398.20937

LCCN: 2012001008

Lexile Code: 0570

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated

Target Age Group: 07 to 09

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 10.00" L x 8.00" W ( 0.70 lbs) 24 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Folklore and Mythology

Series: Night Sky Stories

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000152464 ( Story of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor: A Roman Constellation Myth)

Reading level: 3.20

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Callisto, a beautiful young huntress, is not looking for love. But Jupiter has been watching her, and he has a plan to make her fall in love with him. When Callisto has Jupiter's son, his wife is angry. Will Callisto and her son survive the wrath of Jupiter's jealous wife?

Brief description: Cari Meister has written more than 130 books for children, including the Tiny series (Penguin) and the Fast Forward Fairy Tales series (Scholastic). Cari is a school librarian and she loves to visit other schools and libraries to talk about the joy of reading and writing. Cari lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, four boys, one horse, and one dog. You can find out more about her at www.carimeister.com.