# Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet - Hardcover

by **Curtis Manley** (Author), **Jessica Lanan** (Illustrator)

_Do you wonder  
if humans_  
_are the only beings who wonder_  
_if they are alone  
in the universe?  
_  
Our sun is a star.  
In the night sky are all kinds of stars,  
and orbiting those stars  
are planets like the ones in our own solar system.

Could those planets have life  
like we do on Earth?

Planet Earth is not too big,  
not too small, not too hot,  
and not too cold. It's just right.  
Our very own Goldilocks planet . . . .

Follow a young girl  
as she explores these questions  
in this gorgeous book about the wondrous search  
for another Goldilocks planet.

### Author Biography

**Curtis Manley** grew up building model rockets and reading science fiction about aliens and long trips to other star systems--none of which had Jupiter-like planets close to their stars. Later he studied volcanoes and the geology of other planets and moons. In the high desert of Idaho he mapped huge lava flows similar to ones on Venus. Curtis lives near Seattle with his wife and their daughter, who was born the year that the first exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered.

Curtis is the author of _Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet_ and _Shawn Loves Sharks_.

**Jessica Lanan** has long been enchanted by the mysteries of the cosmos. Exoplanets are too far away for her to visit, but illustrating them is the next best thing. Jessica currently lives in her native state of Colorado with her husband, three-legged cat, and baby daughter, who was born during the making of _Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet_.

Jessica's illustrations can also be found in _Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother Warnie_.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.2 x 9.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 29, 2019

**Award:** Golden Kite (2020)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 5.5

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 20.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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