Exploring Constellations

Discover the Night Sky

by Sara Latta

Explore the amazing science behind constellations.

32 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2017

About the author

Sara Latta is the author of seventeen books for children and young adults on topics that include dark matter, the secret life of microbes, DNA, bones, and forensic science. She also has a masters degree in immunology. She does have a bit of a phobia about heights, as she discovered when faced with having to climb down from a pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Reviews

[Melissa Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though this book offers no help in locating constellations in the sky, it is one of my favorites for studying the concept of constellations, specifically at a 3rd-5th grade level. It is visually appealing, well organized, and appropriately written for most upper elementary and lower middle school students. It is filled with astronomy facts and vocabulary, and though some mythology is included, it does not provide the details that make other constellation books unsuitable for many young readers. It is also a chapter book, making it an easy read over the course of a week, and nice little introduction for multiple lessons within a unit study.