Слънцето, Луната, далечните звезди и Земята, на която живеем, всичко това привлича вниманието на детето от първите години на живота му. Целта на книгата е да помогне на родителите в достъпна и увлекателна форма да дадат на малките първоначална представа за Вселената, да развие тяхната наблюдателност и любознателност. Цветно илюстрираната книга ще запознае децата от предучилищна възраст с различните небесни тела и с астрономическите явления. За съвместно четене и занятия на родители и възпитатели с деца от предучилищна възраст и ученици от началните класове.
Efrem Pavlovich Levitan - Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (the only one in Russia on the problems of school astronomical education), Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia, Honored Worker of Academic Book Publishing of Russia, member of the Writers' Union of Russia, member of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation and Moscow, member of the specialized dissertation Scientific Council at Moscow State Pedagogical University, member of the Academic Council of the Moscow Planetarium, created in May 2008, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the RAS Presidium journal "Earth and the Universe" ; author of the main textbook "Astronomy-11" , the monographs "Didactics of Astronomy" (2004) and "The Universe of a Schoolboy of the XXI Century" (2007), curricula, methodological guides, optional courses, as well as the author of a number of popular science and science fiction books on astronomy for junior and senior schoolchildren and even preschoolers.
Като въведение в астрономията за съвсем малки деца е много добре. Като начин на писане е типична руска рязкост, която отблъсква и изказът на места има нужда да се променя, когато се чете на дете.
If You're Into Stargazing This was one of those books that were collecting dust in my college library and I decided to pick it up because I was attracted to the illustrations and also because of the fact that it's about stargazing and astronomy. I have to say I learned quite a bit about identifying stars and constellations, and a slight bit about planet-watching too. This book gives you the basic know-hows and facts that you need if you're seeking to get into stargazing. And frankly that was my main agenda while picking this up.
Most of the remaining content had little novelty... it's things we've already learned at school at a much younger age. Plus I thought that the story line was a little dry and boring too. It's mostly a dad teaching his little kids Alex and Sveta about stars and planets (duh!) through various experiments, assignments and field trips.
Having said that, for little children, I think this book does a pretty good job at instilling curiosity and inquisitiveness about the world around and above them, and about science and astronomy as well. The experiments and stargazing assignments sound like loads of fun too!
Lies or Fantasies? Ironically my favorite part of the book was the part in which a dwarf named Dopey makes up lies about all the great adventures he has while traveling to the moon and stars and planets. For example, he claims to have met midget sunflowers on the moon who'd love to visit the earth. The irony lies in the fact that the main characters in the book, especially the magician dwarf named Doc shuns his so-called lies. In the world we live in today though, that attitude would be considered out-dated at best and arrogant at worst. To me those were the most lively, if any, parts of the book and honestly they felt like a breath of fresh air!
Finally, this is a book that was published in the U.S.S.R at sometime during the 60's, so I don't think there's much use recommending this one. Besides, I don't think it's all that recommendation-worthy anyways. Actually I don't even know why I reviewed this book. I guess this was just much ado about nothing!