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My Name Is Stardust: Children's Book About Science

My Name Is Stardust was inspired by what Neil DeGrasse Tyson called “the most astounding fact”- that we are literally made of stardust.
My Name Is Stardust was inspired by what Neil DeGrasse Tyson called “the most astounding fact”- that we are literally made of stardust.
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My Name Is Stardust: Children's Book About Science

Project We Love Salt Lake City, UT Children's Books

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    Custom Pixie or Fairy Illustration

    You will receive everything in the Unicorns, Pixies, and Fairies reward plus our amazing illustrator will draw one of the pixies or fairies in the book (you pick which one) based on the picture of a child that you submit to us (it could even be a picture of you when you were a kid!). Check out our update #8 for an example of what the pixies and fairies in the book will look like. This is your opportunity to become part of this book in a very special way.

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