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[LaShawn Myles -LBPD-]

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The Night Kitchen (TNK)
Episode 3: Shooting Stars!  The Leonid Meteor Shower

Now streaming @ https://bit.ly/NightKitchenPodcast

Are you ready for another sky-event?  The Leonid Meteor Shower is coming!
Meteors are raining down on earth all the time...up to 100 tons of material
a day! But, we usually can’t see them...but how can we detect them? Join us
in “The Night Kitchen” as we serve stories about meteors or shooting stars.


Episode 3 TNK Book List

Book Number DVD00011

Shooting Stars

DVD Descriptive Video

The very sleepy Lion family tries to stay up very late at night, so they
won’t miss the most spectacular meteor shower of the year.

Book Number BR019364/ DB075598
A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science
Prince, Cathryn J.
Braille
Chronicles the December 14, 1807, landing of a celestial fireball on a farm
in Weston, Connecticut, and relates the ways the event changed American
science.

Book Number DB071518

Asteroids and Comets

Nardo, Don.

Digital Book

Discusses the devastation caused by asteroids, comets, and meteors that
have struck Earth in the past. Covers the 1908 Tunguska event, impact
craters, the birth of Earth's moon, the extinction of the dinosaurs,
near-Earth objects, and future threats from space. For grades 6-9. 2010.

Book Number DB063031

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors

Miller, Ron.

Digital Book

Presents modern scientific opinion on the formation of the solar system,
particularly asteroids, meteors, and comets. Relates how astronomers
discover the existence and characteristics of these bodies, including their
orbital paths and destructive collisions. For grades 6-9. 2006.

Book Number BR012168

Comets and meteor showers

Sipiera, Paul P.

Braille

Defines a comet, its parts, and its orbit. Describes meteors, meteor
showers, and meteor storms. Discusses the importance of comets to
astronomers and mentions comets Halley, West, Hale-Bopp, and Hyakutke. For
grades 3-6.

Book Number DB079410

How the Meteorite Got to the Museum

Hartland, Jessie.

Digital Book

Recounts the steps that brought a meteor from outer space, across the
eastern US, to the roof of a car in Peekskill, New York in 1992. Later,
part of it was verified, tested, and exhibited at the American Museum of
Natural History. For preschool-grade 2. 2013.

Book Number BR016576

Killer Rocks from Outer Space: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites

Koppes, Steven N.

Braille

Describes the role that collisions with meteors, comets, and asteroids have
played in the history of Earth and other planets in the solar system.
Examines actions being taken to protect Earth from future collisions. For
grades 5-8. 2004.

Book Number DB028204

Meteor!

Polacco, Patricia.

Digital Book

When a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family farm, the
tiny town of Union City, Michigan, is dramatically changed, as the meteor
remains a source of wonder for three generations. For preschool-grade 2.

Book Number DBC12779

Mousetronaut : : based on a (partially) true story

Kelly, Mark E.

Digital Book

A small, but plucky, mouse named Meteor is sure that he can help the space
shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission. For grades K-3.

Book Number DB095861

Scouts

Greenland, Shannon.

Digital Book

1985. The summer before seventh grade, a group of best friends sneak out to
watch a meteor shower and find themselves in the middle of a grand
adventure. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2019.

Book Number BR007902

Stars and planets

Lampton, Christopher.

Braille

Examines in brief chapters the solar system, meteors, black holes, comets,
asteroids, and supernovas. Also discusses space exploration, unidentified
flying objects (UFOs), and our future in space. For grades 3-6 and older
readers.

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LaShawn Myles

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