Abigail and the Making of the Moon

Description

Abigail always thinks of big questions! Join her on a discovery mission to find out where the Moon came from, and how it stays in the sky. A book for every budding astrophysicist - join curious Abigail as she discovers how the Moon came to orbit the Earth. One clear day, Abigail thinks of a question and knows that she won't be able to do anything else if she doesn't have an answer to it. "Daddy," she asked, "where did the Moon come from?" "From the Earth, Abigail," replied Daddy. "The Moon was once a part of the Earth." "It was?" Abigail asked. "But how did it get in the sky? And how does it stay in the sky? And why do we only ever see one side of the Moon?" What follows is an evocatively simple story within a story explaining how the newborn Earth collided with another planet, and how gravity acts like invisible hands reaching out and keeping the Moon spinning around the Earth, the Earth spinning around the Sun, and the Sun spinning around the galaxy. And of course by dinner time, Abigail has thought of a new big question... Read all the books in this award-winning series by Matthew Cunningham and Sarah Wilkins! Abigail and the Birth of the Sun Abigail and the Restless Raindrop

Matthew Cunningham is a passionate and dedicated historian with a Doctor of Philosophy (History) from Victoria University of Wellington. He has published oral histories, peer-reviewed articles, journalistic and encyclopedic pieces, and Waitangi Tribunal research commissions. He lives in Porirua, New Zealand, and works as a researcher. He is active on Facebook and is a member of a number of parent groups, including several for gifted children. He is the author of the 2020 Best Picture Book-winning Abigail and the Birth of the Sun (Puffin 2019), Abigail and the Restless Raindrop (Puffin 2020) and Rosie and the Worry Whisperer (IP Kidz, 2021). Sarah Wilkins is an award-winning illustrator whose images can be found on buildings, buses, bags and many other curious places around the world, but they feel most at home on the pages of beautiful books. Sarah illustrates from a light-filled studio perched high on a hill overlooking the Wellington Harbour. She is curious about visually communicating science for young and old, and illustrated the first two Abigail books while completing her Master in Science in Society. Find out more about her work at www.sarahwilkins.net