"Blending a fast-paced, first-person narrative with fascinating facts, this fizzes with a young girl’s infectious thirst for learning"
“Difficult isn’t the same as impossible, so I’ve decided to keep learning and this time I’ve decided I’m going to prepare myself for something a bit simpler: MEETING ALIEN LIFE!”
So proclaims sparky Matilda near the opening of Dom Conlon’s Matilda Meets the Universe, a feast of Middle Grade fiction-meets-facts that’s shot-through with an infectious love for learning and thinking big.
Essentially, this invites readers to join Matilda’s indefatigable fact-finding mission to understand everything about the universe. Supported by friends who are “my kind of people”, Matilda’s constant stream of questions sees her get to grips with everything from atoms, the Big Bang, and how the universe expands, to the formation of stars and planets and (this being Matilda!) much, much more.
With on point illustrations by Heidi Cannon, Matilda Meets the Universe looks set to ignite a love of discovery and science in young readers.
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So, you want to make contact with aliens? How hard can it be?
Meet Matilda as she launches her mission to discover how likely it is that life exists on other planets. With the help of her friends and family she learns all she can. What was the Big Bang? How does the universe expand? How are stars and planets are formed?
Along the way she will discover the electromagnetic spectrum, the speed of light, and so much more in an easy-to-understand look at physics, history, language, and of course the all important snacks.
Also available: Meet Matilda Rocket Builder
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Matilda Meets the Universe and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Matilda Meets the Universe features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Science, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Space, The Natural World, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Matilda Meets the Universe is available in Paperback
Matilda Meets the Universe was written by Dom Conlon and published by UCLan Publishing
Matilda Meets the Universe has 226 pages
£7.19
