Where Are the Constellations?

Where is/are...?

by Stephanie Sabol, Who H.Q., Laurie A. Conley (Illustrator)

Calling all stargazers, this addition to the New York Times bestselling series is sure to be the perfect book for you!

From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!

Ancient people from many different cultures--Greek, Roman, Mezo-American, Arab--all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by "drawing" a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures--constellations--represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us today.

Author of the tremendously popular Where Is Our Solar System? Stephanie Sabol relates many of the most popular constellation stories and explains what stars actually how they formed, why they die, and how they're grouped into constellation families.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, History, Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2021

Reviews

[Jasmine Ariti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely learned a few things. Love learning about light years, crazy relative sizes of things, what’s probably going to happen to the sun in 500 billion years. Don’t like learning about Greek and Roman myths - I’m probably missing something since many people seem to find these stories interesting and meaningful. I find them beyond boring, into annoying territory.

[Sylvia "Chivy" · Rating 3 out of 5]

A must read for constellations lovers of all ages.

[Meagan]

booking a flight to the Andromeda galaxy rn

[Dana Robinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to stars and constellations, but I dinged it a star for the uncritical presentation of astrology.

[David Monroe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fascinating book with tons of useful information about the stars and planets around us.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool and quick reference for Night Weaver schemes.

[Kristi Clemow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, it was ok. Too much emphasis on making constellations. I liked the stories behind them better

[evermore_reading · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting!

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book reminded me of how much I loved stargazing when I was a kid!`

[Amber Wineinger · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not care for this book.
It promotes the Big Bang Theory and millions of years ago.
Not all was terrible. I like the part of how some consolations got their names.

[Elexndra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the HQ books! Library borrow

[Heidi Eastman Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course I'm going to give this one five stars I thought it was fun

[Alissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I randomly grabbed this book off the shelf while reshelving it and thought it looked fun. I enjoyed this read, as well as the quick facts and stories throughout it.

[Eliza]

Had to nerd out and feed that hunger to learn everything about stars. This will not be the end of that journey.

[L.A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful to understand how stars are organized so kiddos and I can learn more than the twenty or so stars/constellations I grew up knowing.