Oliver's Great Big Universe

Name: Oliver's Great Big Universe
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jorge Cham
ISBN: 9798890594440

Author: Jorge Cham

Series: Oliver's Great Big Universe #1

Narrator: Jorge Cham

Unabridged: 1 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/31/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Graphic Novels, Children's Humor, School, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school: new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least there’s one thing that still makes sense: SCIENCE! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns—like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, and the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.)

Oliver finally feels like he’s starting to figure things out … but can he stay out of the principal’s office, or catch a break from his annoying sister? With laugh-outloud humor, Oliver’s Great Big Universe follows an eleven-year-old who’s taking on the whole universe—if he can survive middle school first.

About Jorge Cham

Jorge Cham is the bestselling, Emmy-nominated creator of . . . many things: from the hit US TV show Elinor Wonders Why to the nonfiction book for adults called We Have No Idea, along with the podcast Daniel & Jorge Explain the Universe and the popular webcomic PHD Comics. He is, without a doubt, an expert on explaining things about the world in interesting and fun ways. He obtained his PhD in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech from 2003 to 2005. He is originally from Panama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ana Učiteljica čita

Jako zabavna i poučna knjiga! Ilustracije su prožete dobrim humorom i nekoliko puta sam se od srca nasmijala. Mogu misliti kako je tek mlađim čitateljima. 😊......more

Goodreads review by Carrie

The tone of this reads like a Greg Heffley diary, but it has an added science bonus with the main character getting really into the universe and explaining things like The Big Bang using fart references.......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

Oliver, similar in age and impishness to Greg Heffley or Big Nate, can’t focus in school and finds himself in the principal’s office frequently. But a career day visit from Dr. Howard sets his feet on the path to being an astrophysicist and writing a book about the subject. This book is the result a......more

Goodreads review by Kam Yung

A light-hearted and entertaining book on the adventures of 11-year-old Oliver. After seeing a presentation by Dr. Howard, an astrophysicist, Oliver decides that is what he wants to be when he grows up. In the meantime, he plans to bother Dr. Howard with questions about astrophysics and write down th......more