Earth Yay!

by Jonathan Sundy

While visiting the other planets, Earth learns its friends are all good at something. But what's special about Earth?

When Earth gets a bit lonely, it decides to visit its friends in the solar system. They're all talented in their own, special ways: Mercury is crazy fast, racing around the sun four times faster than Earth. Uranus is super cool, with sweet shades and temperatures that can reach –371° Fahrenheit. Jupiter is not only big, but it's also light on its feet when it dances.

So, what makes Earth special? It's not the biggest, or fastest, or coldest. Does that mean it's the most boring? Or is there something else that makes Earth a special place—even if it looks like just a tiny blue marble to everyone else?

Written and illustrated by Jonathan Sundy, Earth Yay! explores Earth by celebrating what makes every planet unique. With playful themes of friendship, self-expression, and celebrating differences, Earth Yay! is a loving ode to the planet we all call home. This title is a Vooks original.

Genres: Childrens, Space

Unknown Binding

First published April 1, 2021

Reviews

[Franci · Rating 5 out of 5]

#38 of 2025

#58 of 2021

Informative and fun!

[Natasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a unique way to introduce children to the solar system and the peculiarities of the eight planets that orbit around our sun. My kids have read a bunch of non-fiction about space and the solar system but this little tale combines humour and science is a refreshing way. It's Earth's birthday and the tiny blue marble decides to go visit her neighbours. This results in a race with Mercury (the speediest planet), shooting hoops with Venus using Earth's moon because Venus does not have a moon of its own, dancing with Jupiter (because he might be the biggest but he is still super graceful), hula-hooping with beautiful Saturn, and chilling with Uranus (the coldest planet in the Solar System). Five twinkly stars for this lovely little books.

[Haley Muench · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book would be really good for earth day, or if you just want to teach about all the different planets. I think it was really cute and had many fun facts about all the other planets in the solar system. I think for a science lesson this would be my go to book for any grade, it has a bunch of interesting details in it as well as educational material.

[Educator Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a simplistic introduction of the eight planets in our solar system. The story follows planet Earth interacting with each planet in the solar system. The planets are personified to make unique differences between the planets easier to understand.

[Alon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it, especially when the girl planets were playing with the Earth. And I love when they gave Earth a cake, because the sparkly magic candle. (Alon, 7)

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are watching it via Vooks and it is such a cutely done story with the quick facts about the planets.

[Adrianne Rosal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real cute story for Earth Day!!

[bookish_inf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Earth Yay! won our grade one class battle of the books during April for Earth Day/World Book Day. The kids read 16 books and wrote reviews and voted on the top ones.

[Diellza · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute introduction to the Solar System's planets!
I would have loved to read this book as a child. It's very informative and beautiful.

[Regina Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about earth checking out different planets and discovering the things that make them unique. Earth unfortunately starts comparing herself to the other planets, and starts to feel like she is not special because she is nothing like them. Later on she discovers that she is actually very special and she has her own unique qualities that make her special.
I enjoyed this book and found it to be very cute and educational. I love how earth finds the beauty within herself, especially the fact that she is finding it in the things that she makes unique. I think this book would be great for children between kindergarten to 3rd grade.

[May Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is a very cute read!

I saw an animated version of this book, and not only did it have cute and easy-to-follow dialogues, but the animation was just captivating; it perfectly captured each planet. I am planning to share this with my niece, who has been into planets lately. I hope she would also enjoy this like I did.

[Bern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't sleep on this one, there's all this info absorbed easily into young minds because the story is told in a catchy/fun way that attaches a planets attribute to their personality.

[Gladimore · Rating 4 out of 5]

We watched this on vooks on Youtube. My son enjoyed it.

[Emma Nelson]

"Earth Yay!" is such a cute way to show the amazing things about each planet and their uniqueness. This is a great option to use when teaching the solar system.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for Earth day storytime.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS WAS SOOOOO FREAKING CUTE! I loved the read-aloud, with the different characters and facts about the planets of our solar system! I will for sure have this in my read-aloud rotation!

[Ms. Madalyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too long for storytime, but very very cute.

[Jessie (Saffity) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so sweet, our little Earth gets lonely and looks for friends. My kids (3 and 6) love following along Earth's journey and even get a bit emotional as poor Earth feels down. It's great for helping kids learn the names of the planets, and just a lovely book to read (and watch on Vooks). This is one that is asked for often.