A really pretty book with beautiful illustrations. I loved the format of it, and the idea that it’s a museum to be discovered at home. My only issue with it was (hence I bought it down a star) the fact that it had a couple of typos and grammar issues. There was only about 2 or 3, but I hope that in further editions of this book they are fixed as it is quite important in a non fiction book. Overall though, very cool book! 4 stars :) ( )

Excellent illustrations in lovely large format. Why the typos, though? It turns out that the absolute best way to read this book is not to read it at all; just admire the illustrations, which are lovely and very distinctive, and read the captions.

An oversized book about the universe where the reader is transformed to a trip through a natural history museum. This is emphasized by the cover with a picture of a ticket that says; Welcome to the museum, admit all. Instead of an author and illustrator there are curators. This is similar to the book on dinosaurs reviewed on 8/23/2018.
Chapters are divided into galleries. The first gallery is “looking at Space” and talks about radiation and light, telescopes, modern observatories, and space telescopes. Every spread in the gallery goes into detail with an extensive explanation of the one page illustration; key to plate is what it is called.
All the other galleries are related to parts of the universe starting with the solar system and the sun but there are also galleries on the night sky, stars and galaxies. The last chapter discusses the beginning of the universe and addresses the possible end.
There is an index in the back and half a page with information to learn more on the topic.
A beautiful illustrated book for elementary school but the text is for higher grades and could even carry on to middle school.
The reviewer had a hardback copy.
Written
4th - 6th grade
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