New Oliver Jeffers book scheduled to come out Oct. 4

NEW YORK (AP) — A new book by the million-selling children’s author and visual artist Oliver Jeffers is a blend of art and science and adventure. Jeffers’ “Meanwhile Back on Earth” will be published Oct. 4, according to Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. The book was inspired by an art installation called “Our Place in Space,” a sculpture trail and scale model of the solar system the Irish author worked on with astrophysicist Professor Stephen Smartt among others. It opens in the United Kingdom this spring. Jeffers’ previous books include “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth,” “Stuck” and “Lost and Found.”