National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Space
CONTENTS Introduction How to Use This Book LOOKING UP FROM EARTH 10 Our Solar System EARTH S NEIGHBORHOOD 32 EARTH S OTHER NEIGHBORS 70
FAR FAR AWAY 88 EXPLORING SPACE 106 Solar System Map 120 Parent Tips 122 Glossary 124 0 Index 126
INTRODUCTION LOOKING UP FROM EARTH FAR FAR AWAY his book is an introduc tion to space and all that is in it It answers questions from How many stars are there to What is space When we look up at the sky we see the moon the sun CHAPTER ONE begins the In CHAPTER FOUR moving and other stars and vast book with a few of the more farther into space the book covers areas of nothing Between familiar parts of space the sun such topics as the universe and its the stars planets and moons Earth moon and meteors stars constellations galaxies nebulae and mysterious black holes and beyond any atmospheres they might have there are EARTH S NEIGHBORHOOD occasional chunks of rock EXPLORING SPACE and metal a lot of dust and many gases The vast nothing in between all those things is space In CHAPTER Two the journey of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC discovery continues through the CHAPTER FIVE introduces the LITTLE KIDS FIRST solar system to the seven other big ways people explore space BIG BOOK OF SPACE planets Venus Mercury Mars featuring spaceships telescope Is DIVIDED INTO Satum Jupiter Neptune and Uranus and space stations You can FIVE CHAPTERS even explore a futuristic EARTH S OTHER NEIGHBORS settlement on Mars Other solar system neighbors are introduced in CHAPTER THREE asteroids dwarf planets bringing the number of planets in our solar system to 13 and
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK FACT BOXES give the young reader a quick overview of each topic The size of Earth always on the left is shown in relation to planets The distance from Earth is given as the time it has taken spacecraft to reach each place for a flyby POP UP FACTS sprinkled throughout provide added information and build on the main text in each section EARTH S NIGHBORHOOD OGGT in a MARS Mars is more like Ean than any other planet in the solar system Scientists think there may have been flowing rivers on Malong ago They are curious about where the river water is now It may be frozen beneath the surface PLACINPACE still the the end those One day Memories about the SAME LENGTH of TIME as one day on of Marshals redish because there is a lot IRON in the ROCKS on its surface RON in METAL THAT RUSTS Colorful art and crisp MORE FOR PARENTS photographs illustrate the In the back of the book you topics on every spread will find a map of the solar supported by captions that system parent tips with fun further explain details space activities and a helpful glossary
