Shimmering poetry and stunning cut-paper art portray epic conceptsthe evolving biography of the universe and the symbiotic relationship between science and story.

Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science is a long journey, yet 95 percent of the world out there remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow? Marion Dane Bauers glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deeptis intricate cut-paper illustrations, dazzling with light and shadow, to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humansthe curious ones, the storytellersare active, vital, changing, and growing, too. In a comprehensive afterword, the author tracks formative contributions to the study of the universe by Western and non-Western civilizations over the centuries.