The book features some great photography, but the text wasn't wonderful - the wording was off for some of the ideas presented, most notably, the Apollo 2 moon landing, which wasn't the first as the book claims; the Apollo 1 was. I'd pass on this one; there are much better astronomy books for young readers available.

'Stars and Planets: Mack's World of Wonder' by Mack van Gageldonk is a fun exploration of the universe for younger readers that are about 5 or 6 years old.

This book covers a lot of ground in it's 80 pages. Sections include The Earth, Our Solar System, The Universe, and Space Travel. Each two page spread has a topic, a couple paragraphs, and a small activity to keep kids interested. The book uses photos and photorealistic drawings along with more cartoon-like drawings. The variety of art and art styles, along with the fairly short paragraphs should keep kids interested in the topics.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Clavis Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Useful book for school libraries or classrooms. Covers the Earth, the sun, all the planets in our solar system as well as asteroids, meteors, polar lights, and other info for young astronomers. Photos and illustrations throughout the book are helpful and will draw in young readers.

Great information! Fun facts! Fun to read with kids and makes for interesting conversations. Good pictures. Kids will love this book!

Stars & Planets is part of the Mack’s World of Wonder series. This book is divided into four sections, looking at earth, our solar system, the universe, and space travel. Kids learn about the planets of our system, about comets, and meteors, about the Milky Way, and about humanity's trips to the moon and beyond.

The reading level is geared younger, with most simple sentences, and language, but still with fun facts, and words to be looked up. There are stunning photos throughout, interspersed with goofy little drawings that add a certain charm. My cubs quite enjoyed them.

Check out my review for Rivers, Oceans, and Seas by Mack van Gageldonk. https://wp.me/p6C2DX-Hd

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A beautiful, fact-filled science book for children--but one that adults will enjoy looking at as well. What planets are in our solar stystem? Have you ever seen the Milky Way? What is the sun? How many moons do other planets have? What is a "falling star?" Who was the first person to walk on the moon? It's all here--and a lot more. Sharp color photographs and pleasing illustrations appear throughout the text. One caveat, however: Some will take issue with the "big bang" explanation for the origin of the universe. Nevertheless, four stars for this engaging picture book.

A book of very simple astronomy lessons. My fave is the moon chapter, described alternately as a pie and a banana. Each page ends in a simple question. After a thorough accounting of the features surrounding the earth, it moves to the rest of the solar system, followed by the whole universe and space travel.
Fave facts: Mars’ moons look like potatoes, and Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is bigger than Mercury and looks like a pizza. And here’s one I didn’t know: most of the moons around Uranus are named after Shakespeare characters, including Juliet and Miranda.
The coloring here is strange. Sometimes the outer space sky is white, other times orange. (Maybe the author—Mack—is Dutch!) One illustration shows the moon over Monument Valley, but other than that most of the artwork is relatively abstract.
This is actually excellent. It’s for kids, but I learned some things too.

“Stars and Planets” is definitely better for younger readers, but it’s written at a higher reading level. It has good information, but it might be difficult to find the right audience for it.

This is a book about the universe and the basic ideas and concepts that would usually be mentioned when introducing this subject to kids. The book covers four major ideas: the earth, our solar system, the universe, and space travel. Each major idea contains smaller concepts; for example, the section about space travel discusses rockets and astronauts, moon landing, and space stations. There is a lot of information in this book, so I think this is because it is targeting older kids of elementary school level. Nonetheless, younger kids may be interested in the pictures and with the help of an adult, they can also learn from this book as well as have fun with it. A nice touch about this book is that there are questions for the readers to try to answer according to what they have learned; this makes the book more interactive; which often helps readers learn better. A great addition to a teacher’s or parent’s library. I received a free copy via NetGalley.

This is a very informative book for children aged 5 and up, about Earth and the other planets and stars in the solar system. It gives a basic level of information about each, appropriate to the target age group, but just enough to give a great summary of the solar system. The photos are nice and clear which work well with the small bursts of text. Overall a great educational book.