What's Out There?: A Book about Space (All Aboard Books)

My son LOVES this book! He is 3, turning 4 in two months and with a little extra animation in my voice and with asking questions and engaging him while reading, it’s easy to get through this book. Originally I thought it would be too advanced for him to really grasp what I was saying, but then the next thing I knew, he was telling my mom all the names of the planets and various facts about them (Venus is hot. Mars is cold and has poisonous gasses. If he goes to the moon, we will bounce because he won’t weigh as much, etc).The book also is interesting to me as the adult. It was sort of a brief refresher for me on a lot of things I’d forgotten from grade school. The art is cute but still fairly realistic (for a kids book!) and it explained concepts well (how the earth’s tilt dictates the seasons and why the moon has phases for example.)

This is a very informative book. It doesn't present the subject matter in a super exciting or super flashy manner, but it did teach my four-and-a-half--year-old twins a lot about our planet's place in the solar system and held their attention quite well. One of my kids kept asking me "Why?" at various times during the book, based upon a sentence I had just read to her, and the very next sentence always answered her question. That tells me that the book is interesting enough to hold their attention and laid out well enough to immediately respond to a child's questions raised by the material.

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Great gift for my 3 year old son. He was curious about space and this book described everything for early readers. Pictures were great and the vocabulary was appropriate and accurate for younger kids. Contains everything about space from the sun, stars, earth, and constellations. Great bedtime read!

At first, I read the reviews and thought it would be suitable for a younger toddler (not school aged) and then when it came home, I realized this book might be a little advanced for a younger reader ( mine is 3). Little boys especially, may be interested in space but they also have short attention spans and anything more than a sentence or two will not keep young toddlers interested the way a shorter, more kid-friendly book would. My toddler gets tired of the words halfway through and just turns the pages and looks at the pictures. And that is how he "reads" the book.Despite the wordy and somewhat grown-up-level references ( theres a page that talks about how constellations were named etc. Irrelevant.) the book seems to be a favorite of my sons right now, particularly because we've introduced him to astronomy. I always loved having space and astronomy material growing up and I can only speak for myself as I was a child and I preferred more pictures and facts in my books.Little children tend to want interesting stories or a challenge (think puzzles or hands -on approach) to keep them interested. This book did not have a story nor was it a picture book. Nonetheless, it is a good book to teach about space but it will require more involvement in order to teach your child about what really is "out" there.The pictures are kid friendly but they tend to lean more towards a page layout of space with some pictures relevant to the words written. If you are looking for a richer book with many many pictures of planets, black holes, etc then this is not it. It is somewhat boring for a toddler as far as activity level and captivating pictures go.But for the price, it cant be beat. Especially with the knowledge that is given throughout the pages.If you have a toddler that will sit still (mine wont.ever) or you have an inquisitive older toddler this is perfect.Nonetheless, it is a good book to have in your childs space library.

Our three year old grandson is fascinated with space and has memorized all the planets, He has been fascinated with this book and asked that it be read to him several times. This is a well written, highly educational book for an inquisitive three year old. Both text and illustrations made the book a success with him. Highly recommended!

She is having a good time reading this book. At her age though, I have told her to read a couple of pages with me and then stop. She is full of questions about what we just read so I answer and let her imagination run free while she draws a picture to reflect on our current page in the book. By stopping and discussing, she gets to plot out the info. on paper while I know that she is absorbing the book.

If you've got a youngster that is into outer space, this is a great book to help explain some of the introductory and intermediate questions your kid will have in an entertaining format. There's a good amount of information covering a broad spectrum of topics, from the phases of the moon to why the sun "sets" and the composition of the planets. Cool artwork, my son loves this book and has learned the names of all the planets but he sorta fades out for the second half of the book, I think it's targeted towards a bit older child. It gets into some of the different aspects of our space missions, and planet composition which he's not quite ready for.

Ok-So I'm sure I haven't read every children's space book there is out on the market, but this has to be the best out there--I was so impressed with all of the information it packed in and all of the interesting points it raised. My six year old daughter LOVED it and it inspired a whole lot more learning, arts and crafts, questions, etc. about our universe.

Its an amazing book. If you want to teach a difficult concept in a easy manner. This is what you want. Bright pictures, simple language and appropriate content. Not too much not too less.

Bought this for my son's third birthday and wasn't sure if it would be too grown up for him but as it was so cheap I decided to take the risk. Pleased to say it's already a firm favourite. We also bought the Cat in the Hat There's No Place Like Space and they complement each other perfectly as that is a fun children's story and this contains more of the factual detail. The illustrations are lovely and it covers a good amount of material without being too long. It should hold his interest for a few years yet. The paper and cover are also of a very nice quality. Great that it is updated to mention that Pluto is now a dwarf planet as most other toddler space stories I have found haven't done this which is a shame.

Compre este libro para mi hija de 3 años, le llama poco la atencion pero para un niño mas grande tal vez de 5 años estaria bien, es un libro muy informativo, pero en mi opinion le falta un poco mas a los dibujos para hacerlos mas llamativos, incluso las letras me parecieron pequeñas y por su fondo obscuro me resulta un poco dificil de leer. aun así a mi hija le gusta ver mucho la página de las constelaciones que viene de hecho las nombra muy bien y la página de los planetas.

Perfect book! Ordered because of all the other positive comments from other reviews!My daughter is 5 and doing “Space” segments this term.Beautiful book, colourful, short, sweet and to the point & very age appropriate.Like most of the other comments stated, I relearnt some things myself as I’ve been out of school for a while 😀