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National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Constellations of the Northern Skies (National Audubon Society ...
Mark Chartrand, Wil Tirion, ...
Knopf, 1995
Wonderfully compact; good binocular or naked eye companion.
This tiny book packs the only most useful information into the smallest usable size, small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. I keep mine in my binocular case. It has compact overview maps showing constellations and a few selected objects by season, then constellation ...
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Find the Constellations
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Great for young and the not-so young!
My husband has a love for the constellations so I decided to purchase this book for him for Father's day; he just loves it and so do the girls. We went camping over the summer and this was a great book to use when we were star gazing; the illustrations are just ...
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Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations (Sticker Stories)
C. E. Thompson
Grosset & Dunlap, 1999
an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.
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The Night Sky 30°-40° (Large; North Latitude)
David S. Chandler
David Chandler Co., 1998
Great Observing Tool
I recently took an astonomy class at my local college. This was a great tool for identifying/locating objects in the night sky.
Until you use one of these planispheres with a red lensed flashlight, you won't realize the advantage of a dark on light format.
Yup, ...
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A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--and How You Can ...
Michael Driscoll
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2004
Beautiful book - out of this world
My 6 year old son had a class project about the night sky, I purchased this book and was blown away by the detail and artwork, the viewing wheel was a great addition to the book used to great effect by young and old. I gave the book to his Teacher and she was so ...
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The Night Sky 40°-50° (Large)
David S. Chandler
David Chandler Co., 1998
The Night Sky Chart
This an excellent tool for amateur astronomers and has helped me greatly to identify sky objects. The two sided charts are unusual. The chart was real easy to align for the date.
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Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations
Jacqueline Mitton
National Geographic Children's Books, 2006
a book I never want to forget!
We check out many library books each week and I try to get onto Amazon and review them so that I have a record of my impressions of each. I want to make note of those I didn't like; and then there are some, like this stunning volume, I want to make sure I don't forget ...
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The Stars
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
The Stars; A New Way to See Them
This is a great book for beginning star gazers. It is easy to read and does not overwhelm me with scientific information...just helps me find the stars and constellations and learn their names.
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A Walk through the Heavens: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and their Legends
Milton D. Heifetz, Wil Tirion
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Has correct constellation segment connections unlike Rey's "The Stars: A New Way to See Them"
Undoubtedly lots of beginning astronomers will be trying to decide between Rey's book "The Stars: A New Way to See Them" and Heifetz/Tirion's "A Walk Through the Heavens". I just wanted to point out something that could be a deciding factor for some people: "A Walk ...
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Binocular Highlights: 99 Celestial Sights for Binocular Users (Sky & Telescope Stargazing)
Gary Seronik
Sky Publishing, 2007
Good for telescopes, too
Although the book is aimed at binocular observers, it also makes a nice, portable "best of the sky" guide for people with small telescopes or anyone just starting out with a telescope. It's particularly attractive for those of us who like to take a telescope when we ...
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The Sky Is Full of Stars (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Franklyn M. Branley
HarperCollins, 1983
Stars book rates Stars from me
The Sky Is Full of Stars is an excellent and informatiive book for primary age kids. It gives lots of information about the night sky and constellations in an easy to understand format for children. Kids can take this book outside and find constellations following the ...
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Seeing Stars: Shining Star Light
Charles Hobson
Chronicle Books, 2001
Whata gift for grandkids
I have tried it once on a young grandchild and his parents, with immediate success. It is an artful book that has the feature of allowing the reader (or the parent) to project the constellations using the flashlight and the cards that come with the book. There is ...
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The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
Franklyn M. Branley
HarperCollins, 1991
Excellent
Another winner from the let's read and find out science series. As usual, the adults are learning along with the kids.
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The Book of Constellations: Discover the Secrets in the Stars
Robin Kerrod
Barron''s Educational Series, 2002
This fascinating narrative recounts the history of astronomy and, with more than 100 full-color illustrations, it shows readers how to find the planets and constellations in the night sky. In ancient times, people thought that the Sun, Moon, and stars were gods. They recorded their movements and imagined that the stars made pictures in the sky. ...
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Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
Nick Kanas
Praxis, 2007
Fascinating read about a topic I knew nothing about!
I received this book as a gift in the fall, and just finished it. It's terrific. I am just a casual observer of astronomy, but this is not really just an astronomy book -- it's about the art and science of mapping the sky from the very beginning. The author has ...
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