Plan Ahead for Some Stargazing Sensations

The prediction is that this should be a great year to catch some shooting-star action with the Perseid meteor shower. It has just kicked off for the year, with the peak expected to happen between midnight on August 11 to dawn on August 13. You can find a lot more viewing tips in the Almanac article “How and When to See the Perseids This August.” You might also want to plan for family read-alouds of my picture book The Stuff of Stars and my beginning reader title The Night Sky.