The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space
No. of pages 64
Published: 2001
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This book features in the following series: Usborne, Usborne First Encyclopedia .
There are 64 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2001 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .
Paul Dowswell trained as a historian and teacher. He is now a freelance writer and editor.
This book has the following chapters: Amazing space; the moving sky; telescopes; radio telescopes; trips into space; astronaut training; a walk in space; living in space; dangers and disasters; satellites and space probes; into the future; is anyone out there?; what's in our solar system?; the Moon; the Sun; Mercury and Venus; Mars; Jupiter and Saturn; Uranus and Neptune; Pluto and beyond; bits and pieces; the universe; distant suns; a star's life; galaxies; weird and wonderful; looking at the night sky; binoculars and telescopes; space words.
