Universe: Journey into Deep Space

by Mike Goldsmith

This is a lavish tour of the Universe, showing hidden details you will never have seen before. Each double-page artwork takes you further and further from our home planet, and offers a short piece of descriptive text to place the scene in context, both visually and scientifically.

Genres: Space

47 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2012

About the author

Dr. Mike Goldsmith studied the philosophy of time and space at Keele University, where he also obtained his PhD in astrophysics. He was formerly the head of Acoustics at the UK's National Physical Laboratory and is now an author of nonfiction books for children.

Reviews

[Amanda Mocny · Rating 5 out of 5]

quick informative read

[Regina Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I tjink it has interesting art.concepts, there are many scientists in NASA doing similar work. Its interesting to examine planet from far away and based on what we know about genetics we can imagine what can be born and survive in different conditions, in future we will be able to design ones too. Fun, fun.

[Jackie · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book
 contains wonderful images, and info i appreciate having in print, but:

for the sake of sequencing, i would've swapped the "Melting world" and "Twin-star sunset" pages, & would've swapped the "Ghostly hourglass" and "Star death" pages ~ the images used for "Melting world" and "Star death" did not need to be similar / placed so far apart.
(& the "Galactic heart" page could've presented a much clearer image of the black hole it describes ...so you don't have to wait until you reach the back info pages to be un-confused).

I would have also preferred the comment "if you were to fly straight out from Earth...you would eventually end up back home" to come with an explanation, or to not be there at all.

Should i have given this book 4 stars? Maybe, but it's lapse in sequencing really spoiled my fun, and the above-mentioned unexplained comment so clashed with the rest of the book that it offended.

[Charity]

Target Audience- Anyone interested in outer space, elementary students to junior high
Genre- Nonfiction, informational, outer space
Connections- I chose this book because of its giant pages that are totally covered in pictures of outer space. I like the way it's layed out and doesn't have too many words. It's well organized and has a diagram that comes with it. Children love to learn about what lies outside our galaxy and how big the universe is. This book is great at putting all of that into perspective for a young reader. The genere is non fiction/ outer space and the audience is 3rd- 6th grade.
The twin text for this book is Spaced Out by Stewart Gibbs (2016). I haven't read this book, but it looks like a smaller chapter book for grades 4-6. It is a fictional story about the world's first moon base. It goes with my nonfiction text since they're both about space, and the first book could help you understand things in the second book.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Universe: Journey into Deep Space by Dr. Mike Goldsmith is a children's non-fiction book about deep space. It discusses different parts of our galaxy and that beyond. The book explores space with its moons, planets, and local and distant stars. It gives facts and shows how different the worlds around certain stars can be.

I would pair this non-fiction book with the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, which is an adventure story where children are breed to be child geniuses and then trained to be soldiers. Young Ender Wiggin is just the boy that the government has been looking for to stop an attack from an alien invasion. The non-fiction book may help children understand just how big the universe is and that there could be possible life in other galaxies because the worlds around some stars can be very exotic.

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a most excellent picture book for upper-middle grades. The authentic space photography is spectacular. The two scientists who wrote the book did so directly, succinctly, and intelligently. Each galactic item is prefaced with its distance in light years from earth, and features such stellar things as cold dust, gas storms, sister planets, deep heat, stars, supernovas, and star deaths, with ancillary end sections called "Across the Galaxy", "World's Beyond", and "Neighbors in Space". A sophisticated Glossary completes the book. The language and approach appeals more to 4th - 6th graders, rather than 3rd graders, who may enjoy the photos, but will find the text too advanced in tone.

Booklegger review book, grades 3-4

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is like taking a trip with the crew of the Enterprise, only real, not fictional. Big brilliant pictures and a "not to scientific" explanation in the back makes this essential for a school library.