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The big dipper and you / E. C. Krupp, Robin Rector Krupp.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New York] : HarperTrophy, 1999.Edition: 1st Mulberry Ed edDescription: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0688167020 (paperback)
  • 9780688167028 (paperback)
DDC classification:
  • 523.8
LOC classification:
  • QB802 .K78 1989
Online resources: Summary: It shines all night, all year long, pointing directions as steady as a compass, telling time as true as a clock, and marking the seasons as sure as a calendar. American Indians and ancient Greeks called it a bear, the vikings called it a wagon, and many English people call it the plough. Egyptians blessed their mummies with its likeness, and runaway slaves followed it north to freedom -- the Big Dipper.
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Books The MUA Library South C campus - Children's Collection QB802 .K78 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C2011-0031

It shines all night, all year long, pointing directions as steady as a compass, telling time as true as a clock, and marking the seasons as sure as a calendar. American Indians and ancient Greeks called it a bear, the vikings called it a wagon, and many English people call it the plough. Egyptians blessed their mummies with its likeness, and runaway slaves followed it north to freedom -- the Big Dipper.

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