The Sun (Planet Library)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822539012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Introduces the Sun, our star, its relationship to other strs, its solar system, and the effects it has on Earth.
Beautiful, interesting book Our kindergartner picked this out at the library and had a difficult time returning it once his renewals ran out! The photos and illustrations are terrific, as well as the topics covered. The book explores not only the physical makeup of the sun, but also it's affect on the earth. The text is for an older child (and the adults in OUR family) but the pictures are fascinating enough to keep our little guy coming back for more.
The profuse illustrations, which include diagrams, paintings, and average-quality space photos, are the books' chief weakness. The photo of Saturn's moon Mimas accompanying a description of its outsized crater doesn't show the crater, for instance, and Sun not only has a page of meaningless visual filler, but opens with a hard-to-read block of text printed over a bright, grainy, red-and-yellow close-up of the photosphere. From School Library Journal Grade 4-5-These basic introductions to our solar system's star and outer planets are also-rans next to Larry Dane Brimner's recent "True Book" updates (Children's), but they do have some additional facts, particularly about the planets' moons. In Saturn, Kerrod describes the atmosphere, structure, rings, and most of the plethora of moons with crisp fluency, pausing for a closer look at Titan, the largest satellite, and cl