Very Basic, But Colorful, Astronomy for Young Children

This is a fun space book for very young children. It presents information about the Sun, Moon, planets, and other space objects outside of our solar system. The book uses actual photographs of space and objects in it, including some of the more beautiful ones you will be familiar with as well as a few you may have not seen. The author gives a handful of facts along the way, but as you might guess since this book is by Crayola, space is looked at in terms of color, so the red of Mars or the blue of Uranus. At the very end of the book, a two-page spread discusses the Crayola colors that can be seen in the universe, actually showing the crayons and asking the child to match the colors to the pictures. For a child who loves to color, I think this is a fun way to introduce some very rudimentary astronomy. Perhaps your little budding science-minded artist will then want to try to draw a colorful universe himself or herself. Potentially a lot of fun for the right child.

I received an electronic ARC from Lerner Publishing Group through NetGalley.
Brilliant colors are everywhere in space. Waxman takes younger readers through our solar system and beyond. She introduces facts with simple to follow text. The illustrations bring readers along to experience space. The crayon colors shared toward the end offer another hunt and find element to the book. Informative text at the end offers books for further exploration.
Young readers will appreciate the up close drawings of each planet and space element.

Crayola Out-Of-This-World Space Colors is an appealing and colorful picture book for young readers about space, planets, and features of our universe. Due out 6th Oct 2020 from Lerner Publishing, it's 32 pages and will be available in hardcover (library bound), paperback, and ebook formats.

There are very few people who don't feel a sense of awe and fascination looking up at the night sky. This beautifully rendered short book will be a fast favorite with the youngest. The colorful photographs almost pop off the page. The text is simple, descriptive, and easy to follow.

This would make a good reading circle, library, classroom, or bedtime read. The author has included an abbreviated glossary, resource links for further reading, and a short index. The pictures and text are factual and sourced mostly from NASA and other academic institutions. The crayons in the illustrations show the color names on the labels, but there are no coloring pages or blank pages accompanying the photos (easily remedied with a blank pad of paper for drawing purposes).

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Review to come on my blog, goodreads, and Amazon closer to publication day.

I absolutely love this book! The pages were gorgeous! Plus you learn basic space facts and all about the various colors in space.