Description
About the book. The Daredevil’s Guide to Outer Space combines an imaginative space journey with facts about outer space. Travel characters Eddie and Junko depart Earth, traveling through the solar system and out among the stars. Lonely Planet Kids uses photographs and illustrations to provide a playful introduction to astronomy.
Content. On this fictional journey, the characters visit the International Space Station, the Moon, and Saturn’s rings. Other features include Mars rovers, Jupiter’s moons, the asteroid belt, the Milky Way, black holes, and supernovae. A fictional spaceship and advanced suits serve as narrative devices through environments humans cannot visit in this manner. Facts and figures about space accompany the story.
Who is this book suitable for? Suitable for children who enjoy learning through adventure stories and following the same characters from topic to topic. The book can be read in stages, allowing time to compare real photographs and drawings. This is the 2019 paperback edition with 80 pages. The English text provides an imaginative framework for questions about planets, stars, and the structure of the universe.
Read together and discover more. Read together with an adult who can explain English words, and let the child choose a topic they want to learn more about. Feel free to stop at a picture or a question that sparks interest and discuss what you notice. A short reading session may suffice; the book can be reopened when curiosity leads to the next topic. You may wish to compare what you read with other books or a map to provide a broader context for new information. Let the child point out a detail they have discovered and use it to start a conversation in Norwegian. It is easy to return to favorite pages and find something missed during the first reading. Alternate between reading aloud and studying the illustrations so that text and images complement each other. Adjust the pace according to the child’s interest and experience with English; there is no need to follow a fixed reading order.
About the edition. English book, published 2019. 80 pages. ISBN 9781788682589.
