The Goldilocks Zone

Award-winning author-illustrator Drew Sheneman brings budding astronomers the truth about the solar system in this informative and hilarious nonfiction picture book that will teach kids everything they didn’t know (and never thought to ask) about space!

For as long as people have stared up to the stars, we’ve wondered if there could be life on other planets. But the truth is that life can’t survive anywhere else in our solar system. Venus is way too hot. Neptune is w-a-a-a-ay too cold. And don’t even get us started on Uranus.

But there’s more to Earth than just having the perfect temperature that makes it the best place in the known universe to live. What makes Earth so special Join Goldilocks and her best friend, Baby Bear, on an interstellar adventure to learn all about our solar system in this informative, hilarious, and 100 percent factual nonfiction picture book by award-winning author, illustrator, and cartoonist Drew Sheneman.

About the Author

Award-winning author and illustrator Drew Sheneman has been drawing professionally since 1998. Drew graduated from Central Michigan University with a BFA in illustration and cartooning internships at The Detroit News and Oakland Press under his belt. From there he went to work as an editorial cartoonist for The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, where he stayed until 2010. Drew continues to draw cartoons for the Star-Ledger on a weekly basis.

In addition to his editorial cartooning Drew has done commercial illustration for clients like Hasbro and Dungeons and Dragons. He likes penguins, video games and occasionally wearing a cape around the house for fun. Drew currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and daughter.