I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle: And Other Questions About Space - Softcover

Stott, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753456141 ISBN 13: 9780753456149

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2003

Synopsis

Curious young astronomers who ask, "What are stars made of?" and "Why do astronauts float in space?" will find the answers here.

About this title

About the Author:

Carole Stott has written more than twenty books on astronomy and space and is a feature writer for the U.K. magazine Astronomy Now. Carole authored Kingfisher Knowledge: Stars and Planets, I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and Other Questions About Space, and Astronomy, and she was a chapter contributor to The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. Before turning to full-time writing, she was curator and then the head of the observatory at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Strictly for browsing, this brief survey of the universe, in a question-and-answer format, offers no new information or insights. The average-quality illustrations combine colorful cartoons with realistic renderings based on satellite photographs; their captions contain most of the data provided. Creation of the universe, birth and death of stars, assorted facts about the planets, and odds and ends of space exploration are included. Joanna Cole's The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (Scholastic, 1990) covers much of the same ground in a more entertaining package, while Seymour Simon's excellent series (Morrow) takes a more in-depth look at the subject.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Turner Free Library, Randolph, MA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0753456141
• ISBN 13: 9780753456149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Tremblay Marie-Ève