A KID’S GUIDE TO THE NIGHT SKY: Simple Ways to Explore the Universe, by John A. Read, Sourcebooks Explore, Oct. 1, 2024, Paperback, $12.99 (ages 8-12)
Learn how to stargaze and discover amazing sights in A Kid’s Guide to the Night Sky: Simple Ways to Explore the Universe, by John A. Read.
This easy-to-use stargazing guide for kids explores the popular night sky constellations, visits the brightest stars, and tours our solar system. As they learn step-by-step how to find the most fascinating sights in the night sky, readers will learn how the sky changes with each season, when to look for meteor showers, how to see the milky way, and much more!
A Kid’s Guide to the Night Sky includes fact-packed sections like:
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- Your Stargazing Toolkit
- The Life of a Star
- Learn the Constellations
- Astronomical Events
- Tour the Solar System
- Explore the Moon
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—Synopsis provided by Sourcebooks Explore
A Kid’s Guide to the Night Sky is divided into six chapters, with a lot of pages spent on seasonal and hemispheric constellations.
The book begins with the basics — stargazing — and builds from there. Each topic features small, accessible blocks of text paired with color pictures and informative captions, making it a good choice for visual learners.
At just over 100 pages, A Kid’s Guide to the Night Sky is an engaging picture book that will quickly draw in readers. Excellent backmatter includes a glossary, a list of further reading and binocular and telescope how tos.
A Kid’s Guide to the Night Sky is a book kids can flip through or read cover-to-cover. It will appeal to readers ages 7-10.
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