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What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there. As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What's Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations of science concepts, and useful diagrams will help you discover the answers!

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If you have primary students who can't seem to read enough about the universe and the future of humans in space, this series may be just what they need. Each title examines a different aspect of outer space, and illustrations are clearly marked to let the reader know if it is a real photo or an artist's rendition. Each page has a question or caption relating to the information found on the page. The information provided is clear, concise, easy to understand, and would provide a foundation for any young space scientist's education. --Library Media Connection --Journal Each of the four books reviewed from this six-book series is written in simple language, illustrated nicely, and intended for youngsters perhaps beginning in fourth through sixth grade. Each topic is handled as thoroughly as possible within the limited number of pages, which include a glossary, a reading list and an index. Moreover, the information presented is factually correct, avoiding any misconceptions. Every page includes a well-chosen illustration or photograph along with an attached note that reiterates or clarifies the text, or raises anticipatory or review questions. When depicting scientists, an effort was made to include both genders and many ethnic groups. The literature and websites might require some parental or teacher assistance to be most helpful. Together, the books could form a solid but expensive basis for a unit on Astronomy or Space Science. Individually, they address the individual topics well. --Science Books & Films --Journal Keeping specific terms to a minimum, these titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page. There is significant overlap between International Space Station and Space Robots, and the effort to simplify mystifies more than it informs, as in Dangers in Space where 'the largest space rock [which] is about the size of Texas, ' remains unidentified. Still, readers will come away with new knowledge, such as how scientists observe the behavior of other stars to infer the presence of exoplanets. Space Travel is current enough to note the end of the Space Shuttle program. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal

Each of the four books reviewed from this six-book series is written in simple language, illustrated nicely, and intended for youngsters perhaps beginning in fourth through sixth grade. Each topic is handled as thoroughly as possible within the limited number of pages, which include a glossary, a reading list and an index. Moreover, the information presented is factually correct, avoiding any misconceptions. Every page includes a well-chosen illustration or photograph along with an attached note that reiterates or clarifies the text, or raises anticipatory or review questions. When depicting scientists, an effort was made to include both genders and many ethnic groups. The literature and websites might require some parental or teacher assistance to be most helpful. Together, the books could form a solid but expensive basis for a unit on Astronomy or Space Science. Individually, they address the individual topics well. --Science Books & Films --Journal Keeping specific terms to a minimum, these titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page. There is significant overlap between International Space Station and Space Robots, and the effort to simplify mystifies more than it informs, as in Dangers in Space where 'the largest space rock [which] is about the size of Texas, ' remains unidentified. Still, readers will come away with new knowledge, such as how scientists observe the behavior of other stars to infer the presence of exoplanets. Space Travel is current enough to note the end of the Space Shuttle program. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal If you have primary students who can't seem to read enough about the universe and the future of humans in space, this series may be just what they need. Each title examines a different aspect of outer space, and illustrations are clearly marked to let the reader know if it is a real photo or an artist's rendition. Each page has a question or caption relating to the information found on the page. The information provided is clear, concise, easy to understand, and would provide a foundation for any young space scientist's education. --Library Media Connection --Journal

Each of the four books reviewed from this six-book series is written in simple language, illustrated nicely, and intended for youngsters perhaps beginning in fourth through sixth grade. Each topic is handled as thoroughly as possible within the limited number of pages, which include a glossary, a reading list and an index. Moreover, the information presented is factually correct, avoiding any misconceptions. Every page includes a well-chosen illustration or photograph along with an attached note that reiterates or clarifies the text, or raises anticipatory or review questions. When depicting scientists, an effort was made to include both genders and many ethnic groups. The literature and websites might require some parental or teacher assistance to be most helpful. Together, the books could form a solid but expensive basis for a unit on Astronomy or Space Science. Individually, they address the individual topics well. --Science Books & Films -- Journal If you have primary students who can't seem to read enough about the universe and the future of humans in space, this series may be just what they need. Each title examines a different aspect of outer space, and illustrations are clearly marked to let the reader know if it is a real photo or an artist's rendition. Each page has a question or caption relating to the information found on the page. The information provided is clear, concise, easy to understand, and would provide a foundation for any young space scientist's education. --Library Media Connection -- Journal Keeping specific terms to a minimum, these titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page. There is significant overlap between International Space Station and Space Robots, and the effort to simplify mystifies more than it informs, as in Dangers in Space where 'the largest space rock [which] is about the size of Texas, ' remains unidentified. Still, readers will come away with new knowledge, such as how scientists observe the behavior of other stars to infer the presence of exoplanets. Space Travel is current enough to note the end of the Space Shuttle program. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple -- Journal

""These titles cover their topics in broad strokes and crank up the general interest level with a relatively large photo or (more often) a dramatic artist's rendition on every page."" --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple ""Together, the books could form a solid but expensive basis for a unit on Astronomy or Space Science. Individually, they address the individual topics well."" --Science Books & Films ""The information provided is clear, concise, easy to understand, and would provide a foundation for any young space scientist's education."" --Library Media Connection

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Laura Hamilton Waxman lives in Minnesota and has written many nonfiction books for young readers.

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