Space Worldwise

by Carole Stott

Book Overview

Curious Kids Guides: Space answers questions such as - How hot is the sun?, What is a black hole? And Are stars star-shaped? in an easy-to-understand way. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531152693
• ISBN13: 9780531152690
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

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.)