Looking Up: An Illustrated Guide to Telescopes

by Jacob Kramer, Stephanie Scholz

Looking Up is a celebration of telescopes - their shapes, scape and the science they enable. Open your eyes to the wonder of the skies.

All over the world, people have built fantastic structures for looking up into the sky. These telescopes are not just scientific instruments—they are monuments to curiosity and collaboration. In this book readers are introduced to the amazing spectrum of light, and the diverse shapes and methods used to study it.
Clear, inventive language meets with playful yet graphic imagery in this stunning non-fiction title.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens

60 pages, Hardcover

Published July 6, 2021

Reviews

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was received as an ARC from Flying Eye Books in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

Telescopes have been one of my major fascinations when I was a lot younger and this book clearly had clear facts and outstanding pictures to coincide with all of the information. I was impressed right away at all of the colors used in the photos that I almost felt like I was actually looking under a telescope. Even if children are not doing projects on stars and the sky, this really is just a cool book to own and just when there is a unit on stars, they will know a good amount of knowledge. Our elementary school teachers will definitely appreciate this book.

We will consider adding this title to our J Non-Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

[Andi Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flying Eye always has wonderful books, and I absolutely loved this one. It’s big, the illustrations are beautiful and bold, perfect for little (and big) kids who love space. You travel the world page by page, and learn about giant telescopes recording what happens with light, and to light, in space. The information is digestible but there’s a lot of it! The design is clean and pared down to simpler forms, but completely understandable, and also has some of the best examples of limited color palettes I’ve seen. There’s so much to see and talk about, it’s quite a journey!

[Sandy Brehl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This very specific topic and presentations are invaluable for those pursuing the subject, whether they encounter it randomly on a library or bookshop shelf, or are avid fans of astronomy and elapse exploration. The history and function of various tools for long distance viewing and measurement and recording are comprehensively examined with crisp and dramatic illustrations that are both scientifically exacting and inspiring.

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice how it juxtaposed the science with different types of telescopes, interesting illustrations that support the text

[Andrea Zuvich · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished reading this along with my 8-year-old, who found it interesting and informative (so did I!).