This highly popular and long-running series has been revamped for a new generation of readers, with a clean, crisp redesign and colourful covers. The series explores questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect for delivering solid information in a natural, amusing and imaginative way. Designed to amuse and intrigue the young reader, this book combines cartoons with fun facts and simple analogies to provide an introduction to the marvels of space asking questions such as: how many stars are there?; how hot is the sun?; and what is a black hole?

 

This book is part of a book series called I Wonder Why .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Pan Macmillan .

Carole Stott is an astronomer and author. She has written more than 20 books on space-related subjects for both adults and children.