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In the STEM picture book
Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet, James Gladstone, winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction for
Turtle Pond, joins forces with illustrator Yaara Eshet to take young readers on a voyage that begins centuries ago.
The tale is told by Halley’s comet itself, imbued with “sight, thought, and speech” to share what it has observed of us. From cave people to space people, Halley’s comet narrates how our understanding of it is “woven through human history in drawings, paintings, and words.” Halley’s comet has been believed to be many things: a fire burning in the sky, a planet with a glittering tail, even a harbinger of misfortune that elicited fear and superstition. That is, until Sir Edmund Halley – after whom the comet is named – suggested those previous sightings had all been a comet on its orbit around the Sun. He proved his theory by correctly predicting it would return in 1758.
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Hidden Gems of CLT: Sir Edmond Halley’s
Watch a new episode of Hidden Gems of Charlotte with Alexandra Elich each Thursday on WCCB News Rising.
February 18, 2021
On this week’s Hidden Gems of Charlotte, Alex visits Sir Edmond Halley’s.
At Sir Edmund Halley’s you’re treated like family.
“People have been coming here for 25 years, we know each other, we know their kids. It’s just like family,” says Svend Deal.
Andy Hollis and Svend Deal are the owners of Sir Edmund Halley’s. Deal, the original owner, opening up the spot 25 years ago.