Squee news! This book won The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2013! How cool is that! Here's a summary of the prize from Usborne (received in publicist's email)
The prize celebrates the best books that
communicate science to young people. The judges said of the book that it
was “fantastically interactive” with “really amazing facts”, and the
final decision was voted for by over 1000 children in
schools and youth centres across the UK.
Since the inaugural year of The Royal Society
Book Prize in 1988, Usborne has been accoladed (either longlisted,
shortlisted or won) 18 times over 25 years - a success rate of over 70%.
That's rather impressive! Time to get on with the review for this fun book then ^o^
September 2012, Usborne, 14 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Themes: space, the solar system, planets, stars,
galaxies, astronauts, space station, life cycles
Summary from Usborne
Nayuleska's thoughts
I find space fascinating, and I'm delighted by the volume
of info packed in this book. On most pages there are several flaps to lift
revealing more info (some flaps have flaps of their own!). These are sturdy,
easy to lift and should last a long time. The pages are relatively thick to
support the flaps, increasing the lifespan of a book that can easily be viewed
again, and again, and again, and...again! There is enough basic info to grab
readers' interest and encourage them to find out more about particular topics.
I didn't know how astronauts slept, or why the earth can be compared to pea!
(Rather than be cruel and make you read the book for the answers,
I'll tell you astronauts sleep in bags fixed to the wall, and if the sun was a
beach ball the earth wohld be a pea. Quite a difference!)
Suggested read
Another fab space read is also by
Usborne, See Inside Space by Kate Daynes (Children's, Non-fiction, 10E/10E)
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