solar eclipses

Provides information about lunar and solar eclipses.

"Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls. Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie--who has returned to her home town to care for her ailing grandmother--suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out."--Amazon.

A book for young readers about eclipses.

Greedy Sun refuses to share the sky with Moon in this Cuban legend that explains why solar eclipses occur.

"Did you know that comets are sometimes called 'hairy stars?' Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky."--Publisher.

Tells the history of the eclipse that occured in the American West in July of 1878, looking at three scientists, James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell, and Thomas Edison, who were determined to prove their own theoryies.

"Introduces young astronomers to the extraordinary science behind eclipses. Tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon."--Back cover.

"This is an inspirational tale: how a teacher and an eclipse inspired the author, aged eight, to a life in science, and a love affair with eclipses that takes him to a war zone in the Western Sahara, to the South Pacific, and the African bush. The tale comes full circle with another eight-year-old boy--the author's grandson--at the 2017 great American eclipse."--Dust jacket.

This book discusses eclipses, explaining what they are, how they came to be, and how they impact human life.