Star Guide (Voyage Into Space Book) [Hardcover]

Franklyn Mansfield Branley (Author), Ellen Eagle (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Voyage Into Space Book

Describes the composition and behavior of stars and notes which ones can be seen at different times of the year.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6 A general discussion of what can be seen in the night sky, ending with five star maps for observers in the northern hemisphere. The black-and-white drawings help bring home a few interesting points. To show the distances of stars, a drawing of a rocket attempting to reach Proxima Centauri is shown at the bottom of most right-hand pages. While the Earth and the Sun are only apart in this scale, the rocket has gone only 1/250 of the way by the end of the book. Branley's brief description of star types contains some oversimplifications. The worst of these is the twice-made statement that neutrons and atomic cores are the same thing. On balance, this is a fairly presentable slim book which falls between the easier Night Sky (Watts, 1986) by N. S. Barrett and the longer Star Gazing, Comet Tracking and Sky Mapping (Putnam, 1985) by Melvin Berger in the completeness of its introduction to the stars. Margaret Chatham, formerly at Smithtown Library, N.Y.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 51 pages
• Publisher: Ty Crowell Co; 1st edition (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0690043503
• ISBN-13: 978-0690043501
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,194,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Franklyn Branley was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planeterium. In 1960, he originated the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, dedicated to explaining science to young children and encouraging them to explore their world. Dr. Branley is the author of over 150 science books for children.