Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Night Sky - by Howard Schneider (Paperback)

About the Book

Provides a guide for beginning stargazers, including sky maps and constellation charts, identification tips, and space facts and jokes.

Book Synopsis

This fun, photo-filled, fact-packed night sky guide will encourage kids to stop and look up to spot stars and planets right from their own backyards. From Mars to meteor showers, Scorpius to satellites, kids will learn how, where, and when to spot these space-dwelling phenomena in the night sky at any time of year. With tons of info and interactivity prompts, it's the perfect companion for backyard or field trips, camping or vacation. Durable and portable, it's just right for your pocket or backpack!

Review Quotes

"Schneider (Backyard Guide to the Night Sky) returns to familiar stomping grounds with this meticulous, logical, and visually compelling guide to the night sky... VERDICT Packaged in a fun, vibrant, and engaging manner, this title is highly recommended for middle school and public libraries with a large astronomy following." -- School Library Journal

"Young readers become stargazers in this compact, fact-filled, visually appealing guide in the Ultimate Explorer Field Guide series." -- Booklist

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About the Author

Howard Schneider is a veteran journalist who has written extensively on science. He is the author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky (National Geographic Books 2009, 2013).