02018cam a2200277 i 4500 1711103904 TxAuBib 20220110120000.0 210616s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021941404 9780884488972 hardback 0884488977 hardback DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Hogan, Jamie, author. Skywatcher / Jamie Hogan. First. Thomaston : Tilbury House Publishers, 2021. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Tamen is a huge fan of Skywatcher, a comic book heroine who roams the universe. Through Skywatcher, he has learned the names of constellations he has never seen, thanks to the light pollution filling the sky above his unnamed city. One Friday afternoon his mother picks him up at school and drives him out of the city, to a campsite on a remote lake where she pitches a tent, builds a fire, and prepares an outdoor meal-all things that Tamen has never seen her do before. As darkness falls, Tamen sees the Big Dipper and the North Star for the first time while a loon calls across the lake, but the moon's light hides the other stars. Later in the night a screech owl wakes up Tamen, and he crawls out of the tent. The moon has set, and the full glory of the Milky Way is spread out across the sky. His mother joins him, and they stargaze together. The next day they must drive back to the city, where Tamen's mom is a night-shift nurse or doctor. That night Tamen watches out the window as she boards the bus for work. He can't see the stars, but now he knows they're there. This story includes backmatter about dark-sky activism and US and Canada dark sky preserves"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 5-8 Tilbury House Publishers. Grades 2-3 Tilbury House Publishers. 20220110.