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Lots of Things to Know About Space

Laura Cowan

Age: 6+

RRP  £9.99

Series: Lots of Things to Know

Lots of Things to Know About Space

By: Laura Cowan

Illustrated by Alyssa Gonzalez

Series : Lots of Things to Know

Age 6+

RRP  £9.99

You'll never guess how many stars there are in the universe, who the first astronauts were, or why sunsets are blue on Mars! Discover the answers to these and all sorts of weird and wonderful facts about what lies beyond Planet Earth, as you take this exciting journey into outer space.

Chapters in this book include:
- The Sun is a star
- If aliens sent us a postcard...
- Numbering the stars
- How stars glow
- Not all astronauts were human...
- How rain falls on other planets
- There's a snowman in space
- Dirty snowballs with long tails
- Snowball fireworks
- A story of looking and learning
- When is a planet not a planet?
- Going up!
- It's oh so quiet up here...
- Everyday life in outer space
- How to use a space toilet
- From another star system far, far away...
- Don't take a spaceship to Jupiter
- The planets that are mushy on the inside
- Baby stars make baby planets...
- ...and baby stars eat baby planets
- Who did it first?
- What a mess!
- Swerve!
- How many people does it take to land on the Moon?
- Keeping space germ-free
- The universe awards
- The Sun's light is a wavy rainbow
- Sunsets on Mars
- There's a travel network in our solar system...
- Planet hunters
- Ocean worlds
- The secret behind a moon's wobble
- Robot space adventurers
- How to garden on the Moon
- Measuring the universe
- Light-distant chatting
- Moon trees
- Colds are even worse in space
- Set sail for the stars!
- Our galaxy is bubbly
- Telescope time machine
- When a star stops shining...
- When a star becomes a hole...
- Space words

Extent:
64 pages
Dimensions:
257 x 192mm
Hardback ISBN:
9781474997263
Lexile:
IG730L
Publication Date:
October 2022
Work Reference:
7294

Chapters in this book include:
- The Sun is a star
- If aliens sent us a postcard...
- Numbering the stars
- How stars glow
- Not all astronauts were human...
- How rain falls on other planets
- There's a snowman in space
- Dirty snowballs with long tails
- Snowball fireworks
- A story of looking and learning
- When is a planet not a planet?
- Going up!
- It's oh so quiet up here...
- Everyday life in outer space
- How to use a space toilet
- From another star system far, far away...
- Don't take a spaceship to Jupiter
- The planets that are mushy on the inside
- Baby stars make baby planets...
- ...and baby stars eat baby planets
- Who did it first?
- What a mess!
- Swerve!
- How many people does it take to land on the Moon?
- Keeping space germ-free
- The universe awards
- The Sun's light is a wavy rainbow
- Sunsets on Mars
- There's a travel network in our solar system...
- Planet hunters
- Ocean worlds
- The secret behind a moon's wobble
- Robot space adventurers
- How to garden on the Moon
- Measuring the universe
- Light-distant chatting
- Moon trees
- Colds are even worse in space
- Set sail for the stars!
- Our galaxy is bubbly
- Telescope time machine
- When a star stops shining...
- When a star becomes a hole...
- Space words

Laura Cowan
Laura studied literature twice at university, so she's read a lot of books (always helpful when writing them). Before joining Usborne, she taught English in Barcelona, Dublin and Cambridge. She now lives in East London, where she regrets the lack of sun and sea.

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