★ The Earth's rotation, the solar system and the Milky Way are introduced to children in simple and clear language by rocket engineer and award-winning children's book author Suzanne Slade.
★ Warm and moving bedtime light science picture book, for children to create a fantasy dream into the universe.

During the night, as we sleep, a beautiful celestial dance is taking place. While Earth seems solid and still, it's actually spinning on its axis and circling the sun. Joining Earth in this orbit around the sun are the other seven planets in our solar system, along with dozens of moons and millions of comets and asteroids. Containing our solar system is the wondrous Milky Way galaxy, with its billions of stars, just like our own sun, swirling and whirling around. And on from there are the billions of galaxies with their own stars swirling and whirling into the ever-expanding space called our universe. When the sun rises on a brand new day, the dance continues. Through lyrical text, award-winning science writer Suzanne Slade (June Almeida, Virus Detective! The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus) takes young readers on an exploration of our solar system, galaxies beyond, and finally the universe as a whole. Back matter includes science facts.

SUZANNE SLADE is the awardwinning
author of over 100 books. An engineer
who worked on rockets, she enjoys writing about
exploring our universe and other science topics.
Some recent titles include: June Almeida, Virus
Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First
Human Coronavirus; Countdown: 2979 Days to the
Moon; Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on
the Moon; and A Computer Called Katherine: How
Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
(NSTA Best STEM Book). Her book Astronaut Annie
soared to the International Space Station and was
read by astronaut Anne McClain for Story Time
From Space.

STEPHANIE FIZER COLEMAN
is an illustrator with a penchant for playful color
and rich texture. Having grown up in a rural area
surrounded by nature, it’s no surprise that furry
and feathered creatures are her favorite subjects
to draw. When she’s not drawing, Steph can be
found sipping tea and reading books. She lives in
West Virginia with her husband and two dogs.