The art work coupled with the witty poetry by Douglas Florian create a beautiful and fun picture book. The book is a collection of poetry all about space. My favorite of the poems is the poem about the planet Pluto:
Pluto was a planet.
But now it doesn't pass.
Pluto was a planet.
They say it's lacking mass.
Pluto was a planet.
Pluto was admired.
Pluto was a planet.
Till one day it got fired.'
The artwork in this book is done in collage style. It is incredibly detailed. The more you look at the pictures the more things you discover about them. There are also little things to be learned from each illustration. Like in the picture of Uranus each of the moons has its name written around it.
This book would be great a great base for a library program about stargazing. The program would be best in the summer and have to take place at night. A telescope could be set up and participants would be able to use it and view some of the heavenly bodies they have read about in the book.
PROFESSIONAL BOOK REVIEW FROM CURLED UP WITH A GOOD KID'S BOOK
The poetry informs and entertains beautifully. The first poem, “Skywatch”, promotes and encourages stargazing, with the admonition “Most of all: Have lots of fun!” The remaining poems take a tour the universe, with emphasis on our solar system (the verse about Pluto and its recent demotion is priceless) and ends with an astronomical pun in the last poem, “The Great Beyond.” The short, clever, rhyming verses could easily be memorized by elementary-aged children for a school or library astronomy class or program. For parents and detail-hungry older children, the “Galactic Glossary” at the end of the book provides additional facts and information on each of the cosmic bodies and terminologies represented in the poems.
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