Space

by Carole Stott and Simon Holland

Book Overview

Explore the solar system, study astronomy, and discover fun facts about space shuttles with Eye Wonder: Space . From the huge volcanoes of Venus to the massive storms on Jupiter, Pluto, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789478544
• ISBN13: 9780789478542
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.8" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My son loves it

My son loves anything to do about space and that includes this book whichhe loves to show his cousins... Thanks

Good Starter

I purchased this book for a four year old boy and he loved it. The pictures are excellent and the descriptions are brief and accurate (enough for a four year old). This is a great supplement book for the price. Yes, there are better space books out there.

Fascinating facts and interesting pictures for curious kids

As soon as we opened this book, my inquisitive 5-year-old was hooked. It is filled with interesting facts about our solar system, written on a level just perfect for ages 4-8 (the target age group for these books). The pictures and graphics are rich and colorful. I bought "Ocean", too, and now we often read these books instead of good-night stories. Each 2-page spread contains so much to see and discuss that it takes the place of a standard good-night story. Here's an example: "A planet's year is the time it takes to make one full journey (orbit) around the Sun.... Planets with the biggest orbits have the longest years." For a kid who is just beginning to comprehend how long a year is, it's interesting to toy with the idea that a "year" is a different amount of time on each planet. Ok, it's a stretch, and I don't think my 5-year-old really understood, but that's just one example of the types of things we sit and talk about after looking at this book. Fun! So if your child is curious about the sun, moon and planets, I would really recommend this book. (Even for older kids, frankly. My mother and I both enjoy it and learned from it. And it's much more interesting to read and look at than a typical story book.)