Rash, Andy. Eclipse. Andy Rash, Illus. Scholastic, 09/2023. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-338-60882-3. GRADES Kindergarten–4. OUTSTANDING.
When a young elementary school student learns of an upcoming eclipse, he makes plans to see it with his dad. Colorful, comic-style illustrations, outlined in black, show the preparations counting down to totality. After the big event the boy imagines how seeing the eclipse will impact the following minutes, weeks, months, and years. Unexpectedly heartwarming, dramatic, and philosophical, this charming, science-based story will inspire readers. Backmatter includes eclipse facts and end papers reveal past and upcoming U.S. solar eclipses, one of which is imminent. Characters are white.
Melissa McAvoy—Retired