Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Astronomy Activity Book for Kids by Aurora Lipper is an amazing activity book for children 5-7 who can't get enough of space. Alongside, educational texts written at an appropriate level, the book includes unscrambling, coloring, fill in the blank, and other writing activities. According to the description, "Former NASA scientist Aurora Lipper leads an exciting journey through space, beginning with a tour of the planets and moons in our solar system."

Overall, Astronomy Activity Book for Kids is the perfect gift for the future astronomer and space-lover in your life. One highlight of this book is the amount of detail and research that went into this book. Another highlight of this book is how much thought and time went into creating each of the activities. This book is well-thought-out and will definitely satisfy a child wanting to learn more about space. If you're intrigued by the description, I highly recommend this book, which is available now!

This is a great elementary age space based activity book. There is a ton of information packed into this. Also lots of activities many children enjoy. I know my child will absolutely love this book. It covers all the planets, asteroids, stars, constellations, comets, nebulae, moons, and has activities which are mostly various things like finding the north star, constellations, planets and so on in the sky. The activities range from word search, mazes, tracing words, dot to dot, word scrambles, coloring and other basic workbook fare. The illustrations are quite stunning and certainly more than one would expect for a space themed activity workbook. The expertise of the author (a former NASA employee) is obvious, as is the passion she has for the topic. A very good lower elementary age workbook I would definitely recommend for any space enthusiast child. A wonderful resource for homeschooling parents putting together a study unit on space.

Alright, I’m definitely not a kid, although back in the day I used to be a very adorable one. Really. But I do remember pouring over a world atlas for kids that had a small astronomy section, and I loved it dearly. In the pre-Internet times where else would I be able to see all the cool pictures of stars and planets? So when my GoodReads friend Dennis reviewed this book, I couldn’t resist and headed over to NetGalley.

And you know what — this book is adorable for a younger kid. It goes through the planets of the Solar System, major constellations, galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, comets — all with the help of absolutely gorgeous illustrations and word searches, connect the dot puzzles, word traces, mazes, coloring — enough to keep a kid occupied for quite a long time.

It’s full of easy-to-read little factoids in child-sized bites, and in the end there are quite a few stargazing activities — how to find the North Star, the Big Dipper, etc. Your kiddo may need a compass and binoculars (and arming yourself with a SkyView app may be awesome in any case). And yes, some activities will also require a telescope, so budget accordingly — but a telescope may not be the worst thing to get for a kid in any case.

I think it’s great for sparking an interest in astronomy in a young child.

4.5 stars.
————

I received an ARC from NetGalley.

I have two kids both of which love anything space. This activity book was a fun way for them to learn some new facts and keep them busy with fun activities. It goes over things from the sun & moon, inner & outer solar system, star constellations & clusters, galaxies, nebulae, and more. I love the different activities that range from mazes, tracing the moon for a month, dot to dot, color by number, word tracing, and more. It also has several stargazing activities that help you search for things such as Orion's Nebula, The Big Dipper, Hercules' Glabular Cluster, and many more. Great book for a young space lover or someone wanted to learn more through fun activities.

I have a space mad daughter and as mum I thought that this book was excellent!

It is well laid out, very interactive with plenty of variety and things to do too

It is definitely one I will be looking to grab a copy of for her, she is 5 in July so this will definitely be a present for her as she will be the right age then as she is possibly a little young at the moment for some of the activities as she is only just starting to read on her own - but I am really glad I have found this as I know how much of a hit it will be!

Very highly recommended - 5 stars from me for this one!!

I loved it. I'm already saving it for when my litle girl gets older.

This is definitely a start for little kids to fall in love with astronomy.

If your young reader loves, loves, loves puzzles, activities, mazes and more, this book will have them smiling from ear to ear.

The title says it all because basically every page holds something about astronomy and is accompanied by a puzzle. Accompanied is probably not the right word, since the activities do reign on every page. The astronomy tidbits flow along on the side and give the activities a direction, while also teaching basic terms and ideas surrounding our universe. The text can be read by those very sure of their words, but many will need someone there to help out, since there is new terminology, terms and such that young readers might struggle with. But that's the point of this book—to teach about astronomy amongst the fun.

At over 160 pages, this is a whomping activity book, and what I found especially delightful is that every page is brightly and even lovingly illustrated. The characters and scenes allow the facts and mysteries of astronomy to unfold and make sense, but they also carry joy and a playful atmosphere, which is inviting. Every page is different, and each activity offers something new from mazes to word connecting and beyond.

The information hits a wide range. While there are some more exact facts, this book is more centered on giving a broad scope of what astronomy holds. Moon phases, star constellations, and so much more are addressed with correct terms. The theories, reasoning, aspects, and influences are shortly explained as well. But nothing ever goes into much detail...just enough to awaken awareness and inspire curiosity. It's great to open young minds to the realm of astronomy, one that young readers will enjoy and even pick up a few facts along the way.

So, yes, I do recommend this one. I received a complimentary copy through Netgalley and am now considering buying one as a present for several star-gazers I know.

Great astronomy activity book for elementary school students. Lots of mazes, word searches, etc. for younger students. Youngest students might need help with the text. The text will be interesting to older students as well. Colorful, engaging title.

This should be great fun, especially for younger kids. But not only for those.

I tried to follow all the prompts, but gave up midway through. But that's more because of some technical issues on Goodreads and me working with the ebook version of this, which made it much more time-consuming than it should be for your average five-year-old.

Kids learn about:
- The Sun and the Moon
- The inner and outer Solar System
- Star Constellations
- Galaxies
- Star Clusters
- Nebulae
- Comets, Shooting Stars, Meteor Showers

While doing tasks such as:
- Drawing through mazes
- Coloring
- Connecting dots
- Filling in blanks
- Matching words and pictures
- Tracing certain words in a text or a block of letters
- Counting or identifying certain objects
- Drawing stuff
- Unscrambling words

Most of these are fairly simple, but not all of them are. In any case, it's a good way to learn a couple of things about astronomy. For me it got a little repetitive at some point, since most of these tasks are repeated several times over during the first 122 pages of the book. But I doubt that kids will mind. I'm pretty sure they are going to have fun. And there's still enough variety. I even wanted to do some of the later tasks myself after I read through the rest of the book today. But I didn't have the tools with me. Again, I recommend a printed version of this book.

From page 125 on there are several stargazing activities. Some of them require binoculars or even a telescope. So be aware if you are gifting this book to your kids, because they surely will want to do those. But maybe they can start with the ones where you get by with a pair of eyes. Honestly, I might do some of these myself. The book certainly does what it sets out to do. Make us all little astronomers.

4.5 stars. Recommended.

Good overall astronomy introduction. Kids will need help completing some of these activities as there's some big words in here. I could see how this would be quite engaging for young elementary kids.

A fun activity book about space! The illustrations were wonderful and the tasks were both fun and you get to learn a lot of cool facts about space and it’s planets, stars, and just space in general. I wish I had an activity book like this when I was a child, because I would’ve thought it was awesome. This book also helps you on how to e.g., find the Big Dipper, or the Moon! A great book I would love to recommend to young Astronomers out there!

I enjoyed this astronomy activity book. It is geared for kids ages 5-7 and would be great to use in homeschooling or just for some fun, educational reading with your kids. It has short passages and good comparisons but there is a lot of vocabulary that may be difficult for such young kids. I felt it could have used more definitions.

This book had some fun assignments like the following: “Look up at the sky each night this month (or search online) and shade in how much of the moon you see.”

I also liked the word pictures that helped explain concepts. “Using a special machine, scientists have detected a glowing tail on Mercury that looks like a dragon’s. What they’re seeing is sunlight” (location 128).

There were a lot of comparisons that used common things that were helpful is showing size and scope in an understandable way. “If the sun were the size of your door, Mars would be the size of a lemon seed” (location 154).

Overall, I thought this was a great introduction to astronomy for young kids. It was fun and it would be easy to do a small section each day. Thank you to Zeitgeist for providing me with an e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I enjoyed reading this book. I learned many new things and it kept my interest as I read. Teachers should include this book in their classroom library. It is a great reference book. In addition, ithas activities to do to increase students understanding.

Learning about astronomy, with a workbook to go through, with guidance and information to aide this and learn from.

An excellent way to absorb and digest all the facts, to lead to a greater understanding in this subject.

An amazing, cheerful and informative book that you need with you as a guide to sky and for affirmation of information There are lovely activities to help you be a good friend to sky.

I think this book could be a valuable resource in a child’s home to learn about astronomy and try some family stargazing. Children who like doing things outside, learning about science, and/or interactive books will find things to enjoy about this book. I do not see this book being a purchase for libraries with the amount of interactive pages meant to be drawn or written on unless a librarian wanted to encourage families to try stargazing and could use the Stargazing Activities pages as a resource.

This is a fun book with cute activities. They seem to be geared for younger kids more than age 7. Either way, I think kids would enjoy.

Omgoodness I enjoyed looking through this activity book and reading the facts out loud to the family. Like the fact that Mercury although is the closest to the Sun it isn't the hottest. But my favorite section was on the constellations, especially Ursa Major and Sirus.

Thank you thank you thank you Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read this book.

This was brilliant! My seven-year old daughter is obsessed with space so I’m constantly looking for new books that will teach her this complex subject in an accessible and fun format. Astronomy Activity Book for Kids does this perfectly.

It breaks the information into relevant sections, and rather than just telling the reader, it also asks them questions so they can see how much they’ve learnt!

The writing style is engaging and the illustrations are great too!

My daughter loved it and now has the physical copy on her Christmas list!

*** Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher ***

This is an excellent book for engaging younger children with the study of the planets of the solar system, stars, and galaxies. I was impressed by how much information was included among the mazes, writing/printing practice, and puzzles. It would work wonderfully in a homeschool setting for a younger sibling working alongside an older sibling doing more involved astronomy/space studies. There are activities on every page, so the child feels like they are having fun while internalizing the topics. This is definitely a workbook that I will recommend my fellow homeschoolers adopt for their space studies with younger learners.