Oliver’s Great Big Universe

CosmosmeetsDiary of a Wimpy KidinOlivers Great Big Universe, an original illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative from the Emmy Awardnominated creator of PBSsElinor Wonders Why.

I know what youre thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe?

Am I famous scientist? No.

Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really.

Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle schoolnew friends, new classes, new everything. But at least theres one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learnslike how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.)

Oliver finally feels like hes starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principals office or catch a break from his annoying sister?

With laugh-out-loud humor and cartoon-style illustrations from the bestselling writer and creator ofPHD Comics, Jorge Cham,Olivers Great Big Universeis a STEAM-themed, diary-style series following an 11-year-old whos taking on the whole universeif he can survive middle school first.