Stardust from Space

by Monica Grady, Monica Bradley, Lucia de Leiris (Illustrations)

Far from the city, millions of starts are visible in the night sky. But these beautiful, twinkling lights are really giant balls of fusing gas that lie millions and millions of miles away and formed from a substance known as stardust. Stardust made the planets, too, and the Moon, comets, meteorites, and asteroids. In this absorbing book, based on the latest scientific information, young readers learn what this fundamental dust is and where its journey started. The wonders of the cosmos are beautifully depicted in Lucia de Leiris’s luminous illustrations.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Space

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 11, 2007

Reviews

[Ashley]

My four year old and I loved this book. I especially appreciated the depth and ease by which the universe was explained. I also liked how it would occasionally repeat certain key points in a natural, storytelling way (e.g order of planets in the solar system, the way the sun was formed, how planets were formed, etc). The pictures are factual and led to an evening of google searches in order to see more.

[Susan]

A charming and thoroughly understandable telling of science -- for children and me-- an adult who never heard this story so clearly.

[sasa]

I always love the outer space theme so I really love it and it still gives me “woaahh! whatt? really?” kinda thing so I enjoyed reading it

OH AND OF COURSE THE ILLUSTRATIONS 😍😍😍