SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Voyagers of the Solar System

by Ellen LAWRENCE
978-1-909673-22-9. ea vol: 24p. (Zoom into Space Series). diag. further reading. glossary. illus. index. photos. websites. Ruby Tuesday Books. 2013. lib. ed. $23.93; ebk. $23.93.
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Gr 1–2—Despite occasional slipups (e.g., the definition of "dwarf planet" in Pluto is significantly incomplete, and the Moon's locked rotation is not mentioned in Moon), these introductions to the solar system offer generous doses of basic facts matched with large photographs or realistically rendered space art. In addition, each volume ends with a summary "Fact File" spread and a simple craft project. Along with a certain amount of boilerplate, the texts are framed in separated sentences that make monotonous reading next to the livelier rhythms in similar flights in, for instance, the "Space Travel Guides" series (Smart Apple).
Reviewed by John Peters , Nov 01, 2013

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