Earth, Sky and Beyond: A Journey Through Space

by Jean-Pierre Verdet, Pierre Bon (Illustrator), Carol Volks (Translator)

An introductory guide to the mysteries of outer space enables readers to travel from the Earth to the Sun by holding the book vertically, and from the Sun through the solar system by holding the book horizontally.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Jean-Pierre Verdet is a French astronomer, historian of astronomy and mathematician.

Reviews

[TA Children's Lit Profile · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is nicely illustrated and is filled with facts about the solar system. The vocabulary is pretty high-level, which would make this book inaccessible to children younger than middle school. However, the format of the book and the fact that it mostly contains "fun facts" rather than going into anything in depth, might make it a bit boring for the older students for whom the language would be accessible. The book was translated from French which may account for this feeling of mismatch between the audience that the content is directed towards and the audience the language is appropriate for. That being said, I could imagine recommending this to students interested in beginning to look into the solar system.