HardCover. Pub Date :2012-11-01 Pages: 160 Language: English Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Get fast facts at your fingertips with DK Pocket Eyewitness Space. packed with bite-sized chunks of information that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers . Explore the Universe; learn about the planets. moons and stars of our Solar System and far beyond.With 160 pages of amazing encyclopedic stats and genius gem facts to provide extra wow. DK Pocket Eyewitness Space will take you on a journey of spacecraft. manned Moon missions and robot space rovers. Plus you can learn all about the telescopes that let us see deep into space. perfect for any budding astronaut or scientist.
Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
I get that this book is aimed at kids, but I think they deserve better than a relentless stream of disembodied factoids lacking continuity and connection and context.