Customer Reviews

Arty the Part-Time Astronaut

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A really colorful fun journey into our solar-system. My kids learned a lot , and as a science guy myself , learn a few things too.

Really inventive games and activitives on the cd-rom give this title life.

Highly recommended.

What a fun way to learn about our solar system through beautiful graphics and a charming storyline. The accompanying CD-ROM is packed with interactive games and activities that make "learning" an addictive and exciting experience.

The perfect book for all of those children who say, "I wanna grow up to become an astronaut!"

This was a wonderful book. It has incredible graphics and art, and it taught me a lot that I should know about the solar system. The CD-ROM was really impressive. The games are addicting.

I bought this book for my 8-yr-old nephew and he really loves it! The book is filled with fun computer graphics and a cute story. It really got him thinking about our solar system and asking lots of questions. The best part is the CD-ROM that comes with it. There's lots of fun games and learning activities and you get a special pass into bonus areas on the excellent companion web site.

He was raving about all he learned to his parents and made me look like a terrific aunt!

In Arty The Part-Time Astronaut, Arty and his new-found alienfriend, Guplo, quest through the solar system to find Gupio'sfamily. Along the way kids will learn from this delightful book andits accompanying CD-ROM facts about our solar system and its planets . . .

Arty the part-time astronaut is a great package for my son to learn about the space above our heads. When you buy the book you gain a pass to a special member website. This is a great place for my kid to find new space related facts and play new games and activities. The CD-ROM was a great thing about the package, plenty of engaging interactive stuff for a kid to do. We really enjoyed finding out how much he weighed, and how old we would be on other planets. I found the story of the book to be average, but the computer generated 3d artwork was full of color and space imagination.

I was very disappointed with this book, and found it below the standards of most books bought for children. How hard can it be to write a children's book? Parents know that there are definitely special qualities that go into great children's books, but this lacks them--primarily, there's very little that's imaginative about it. It feels like a rehash of many generic children's stories and themes, and the artwork doesn't do an especially inspired job of bringing children into a special world.

I notice the children in my care just seemed uninterested in it...