FREE LEGO STAR WARS: SPOT THE GALACTIC HEROES A SEARCH-AND-FIND BOOK PDF none | 32 pages | 06 Oct 2016 | Egmont UK Ltd | 9781405284974 | English | London, United Kingdom Best Kids' Space Books - Educational Gift Ideas for Children | Space A good book about space can feed a kid's obsession or inspire a brand new interest in exploring the wonders of the universe. If you're hoping for a holiday gift, you're in the right place: Here are Space. We are constantly reading new and classic space books to find our favorite takes on the universe. How did an year-old English schoolgirl come to name Pluto? McGinty recounts one child's history-making turn on a fateful morning in Although the book is aimed at kids ages 4 to 8, there's plenty for older children to connect with as well. And the vintage-flavored illustrations by Elizabeth Haidle make the experience a visual delight. Venetia had connected her love of mythology with her knowledge of science to christen the new planet after the Roman god of the underworld, refusing to let her age or gender to hold her back. McGinley says she hopes Venetia's tale inspires her readers — girls, in particular. Read Space. It's a love letter to his newborn son. It's a toddler-friendly guide to the big, blue marble we call home. Or, as Jeffers' editor joked, it's a book for "new babies, new parents and misplaced humans. Jeffers's jewel-toned renderings, liberally sprinkled with details that invite closer inspection, evoke the planet's immensity with warmth and gentility. Yet for all its enormity — at least, from our vantage point — Earth barely registers in the vast expanse of space. We are impossibly fragile. And, for better or worse, we're all in it together. Not just any numbers, mind you, but enormous numbers. Gigantic, mind-bogglingly tremendous whoppers of numbers. 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He said he hopes his young readers will find a strong role model in Hamilton, who solved problems large and small with creativity and fearlessness. For first through third graders who are curious about the night sky, Joe Rao's fact-filled early-reader chapter book will satisfy basic questions about the sun and the moon, the stars, the planets, comets and meteors in an engaging, age-appropriate manner. The centerpiece of the primer, however, is the section on the total solar eclipse that will take place across the United States on Aug. Once the sun is totally covered, you can look and "be amazed at one of Mother Nature's most spectacular sights," he writes. But turn away once the sun starts peeking out lest you be blinded, or use one of the safe viewing techniques he recommends to continue observing the LEGO Star Wars: Spot the Galactic Heroes a Search-and-Find Book. Lushly illustrated by Frank Morrison in a painterly realistic style, "Starstruck" follows deGrasse Tyson as he works toward adulthood with an eye on unlocking the secrets of the universe, from his first trip to the Hayden Planetarium as a wide-eyed child to a summer astronomy camp in the Mojave Desert in his teens and, finally, back to the Hayden Planetarium, where he lands a job at age 35 and eventually becomes its director. We wanted to try to capture his charisma in a book for children, to inspire them with a hero they should know about. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has flown three space missions, commanded the International Space Station and traveled the world speaking about what it's like to fly in space. But before that, he was a young child afraid of the dark while dreaming of exploring the moon. 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Weitekamp and David DeVorkin take young readers on a guided tour of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh's historic sighting of Pluto in to the planet's reclassification to a dwarf planet inwith Kidd's entertaining illustrations leading the way. How did Pluto get its name? It's in there. What exactly is a planet? This book has it covered. For the older set, a kicker LEGO Star Wars: Spot the Galactic Heroes a Search-and-Find Book spread on the people and telescopes, as well as a Pluto glossary, make this book an essential for budding astronomers but may be best for kids age 8 and up. This book, by Catherine Hughes and David Aguilar, is a great way to introduce young children to Earth, the solar system and LEGO Star Wars: Spot the Galactic Heroes a Search-and-Find Book. It features gorgeous images — both photographs and illustrations — and explains tough concepts such as black holes in simple, easy-to-understand text. 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The "big kid boxes," sidebars that present behind-the-scenes concepts that the story introduces, have been revised to accommodate findings from NASA's Juno mission in But the book overall is set to give kids of any age an appreciation of science and exploration. Read more about "Max Goes to Jupiter" and get a sneak peek of its pages here. This astronaut's memoir tells a truly inspiring story of how one unsuspecting football player from a small town in rural Virginia wound up flying in the Space Shuttle Atlantis on missions to the International Space Station. Leland Melvin started his career playing professional football in the NFL, but when an injury prevented him from playing, he went to school to become an engineer. It wasn't until a recruiter from NASA grabbed his arm at a career fair that Melvin realized he could be an astronaut. 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