Saturn (True Books: Space) [Paperback]

Elaine Landau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2008 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: True Books: Space

Using recent findings and photographs, presents information about Saturn's atmosphere and geographic features.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-- These attractive volumes offer much for report writers and browsers. Each begins with a brief overview of the discovery of the planet. With plenty of full-color and black-and-white photographs and paintings, the authors detail what we know, suspect, and hope to find out about Earth's close neighbor Venus and the mysterious ringed Saturn. Although these are called "First Books," they are by no means as elementary as the planet series from Children's Press. There is much technical information presented, especially in Venus as Schloss discusses land formations and the complex instruments that made this data available. Libraries owning books on planets written before the 1980s will want to update their collections with these titles, which cover the Pioneer and Magellan spacecraft missions. While not as distinguished as Franklyn Branley's Saturn: The Spectacular Planet (HarperCollins, 1987), both offer solid texts in enticing packages. --Denia Lewis Hester, Dewey School, Evanston, IL
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

From Library Journal

Grade 4-6-As scientists have recently discovered, it is not always necessary to send probes out into space to learn more about the solar system. Sometimes parts of the solar system come to us, with effects that range from pretty streaks in the night sky to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Though most meteorites have a cometary origin, in Asteroids, Bonar discusses the rocky debris that has taken up closer residence-not just between Mars and Jupiter but all over the inner system-debris that intersects Earth's orbit often enough to engender an international search and mapping effort (not to mention several disaster movies). Landau updates Saturn (Watts, 1991) with a report on observations gathered with the Hubble Space Telescope, plus a chapter on the construction and mission of the Cassini/Huygens probe, currently en route. Both surveys are profusely illustrated with color photos, attended by captions specifying computer manipulations and enhancements, and end with lists of books and Web sites. Bonar's book is flawed by oversimplifications ("Only 60 people have been struck by a meteorite in the last 3000 years." "The risk of dying from an asteroid impact is about the same as the risk of dying from a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or flood") and so makes a weak alternative to Seymour Simon's Comets, Meteors and Asteroids (Morrow, 1998); Landau's title is a surer bet, taking Larry Brimner's Saturn (Children's, 1999) to a higher level of detail.
John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT) (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531147959
• ISBN-13: 978-0531147955
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 7.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #623,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a children's book author and writing coach who loves both children and books. I've never been much of a fiction fan, I've spent my time both reading and writing nonfiction. I live in tropical Miami with my husband and son who are nonfiction lovers as well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, March 25, 2003

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This review is from: Saturn (Watts Library) (Paperback)

This book really tells a lot about Saturn and its relationships with the rest to astronomy. Saturn, being my favorite celestial body/planet, is so interesting to read about. Also, this book is fairly new, so it has good information. I learned many new things about Saturn from this book and I hope you will too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Planet project, November 7, 2011

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This review is from: Saturn (True Books: Space) (Paperback)

I purchased this book for my 8 year old son's planet project report. It is full of useful information, facts and pictures.

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn a lot about "the jewel of the solar system" in this marvelous book!, May 24, 2009

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This review is from: Saturn (True Books: Space) (Paperback)

Saturn is a beautiful planet and some call it "the jewel of our solar system." If you were to study a sky chart, perhaps you would know where to look for Saturn. It looks like a very bright, shining star. If you were to travel there in a space ship it would take you a good solid three years to get there, but once you arrived you would not be able to step out on the surface because it is known as a "gas giant." With no solid surface you'd sink right in. This beautiful planet, this sixth from the sun, has rings around it. Did you know that one year on Saturn "equals 30 earth years?" There are many fascinating things to learn about this far away planet.

In this book, as in all True Books, there are two true or false questions in the front of the book. Only one is true so you'll have to read this book carefully to find out the answers. In this book you'll learn about the atmosphere, the temperature, weather conditions, the history of its rings, the composition of the rings, how the rings are held in the orbit, what is known about the 59 moons (four in more detail) and the spacecraft called Cassini, which is "still circling the planet. Did you realize that if "a spaceship entered Saturn's atmosphere the tremendous pressure would crush it like a can?"

This is a very comprehensive and interesting book for a young person to begin to explore the facts of our solar system. The book is colorful and appealing and the text is well written and very informative. Scattered throughout the book are numerous sidebars, full color photographs, drawings, an index, important words and recommended books and web sites. Did you know that radio signal take over an hour to get from Cassini to Earth? There are some very interesting facts in this book!