Stardust from Space

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

Look up at the night sky, away from city lights, and watch as the stars appear. These pinpricks of light are giant balls of burning gas, millions and millions and millions of kilometres away. So far away that it takes the light thousands of years to reach us. This book, published in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, looks at stardust in space - the substance that made the planets, that built the Moon, the stars, the comets, the meteorites and the asteroids - and asks what this dust is and where its journey started.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Space

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 11, 2007

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[sasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 😍😍😍