"The Big Strawberry Book of Astronomy" by Jeanne Bendick, illustrated by Sal Murdocca, published by One Strawberry Inc. and distributed by Larousse, New York, 1979.

IIllustrated hard boards, large format: 9" x 12.1/4"; illustrated endpapers, 61 pages including Index, fully illustrated, very little wear, very good condition.

Discusses many aspects of astronomy, including early astronomers, origin of the universe, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and UFO's.

Salvatore "Sal" Murdocca (born 1943) is an American children's book illustrator. He is best known as Sal Murdocca, illustrator of the Magic Tree House series written by Mary Pope Osborne (from 1992) and the nonfiction Magic Tree House Fact Checkers by Osborne and collaborators (from 2000)-- about 50 and 30 volumes respectively to 2014.

Since 1970, Mr. Murdocca has authored ten books and illustrated hundreds of books. He has illustrated books by such noted authors as Elizabeth Winthrop (Dancing Granny, Marshall Cavendish, 2003), Eve Bunting, Bill Martin Jr., Olivia Newton-John, Charles Grodin, Alan Benjamin, Laura Numeroff, Edward Packard, Jeanne Bendick, and Mary Pope Osborne.

His art work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, the Art Director's Club in NYC and the Children's Book Council. His writing has been recognized by the Literary Guild. He was a winner in an international short story competition in 1978. Murdocca is also an award-winning fine artist who has participated in many one-man and group shows of his watercolor and acrylic paintings. His fine art has been represented by galleries in Nyack, NY, SOHO, NYC, and in France.

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