Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
I’m surprised by the low ratings for this book. I gave it five stars. I found it very interesting and informative, without being overwhelming. Yes, it is a children’s book. But it is not low- level. The glossy pictures were fascinating. The content was as good as you would receive in a planetarium presentation. If you want more detail and scholarly knowledge in a book, you should probably pass this one by. If you want to know more about astronomy in a manageable format, I highly recommend this.