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Teeter on the edge of outer space with the Stickmen. Then fly down, down, down to atmospheric layers that wrap around Earth. Follow the Stickmen to view the galaxies through the Hubble Space Telescope and stop by the International Space Station. The Stickmen will take you on a tour of satellites in orbit, aircraft riding jet streams, and storms in the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. With phenomenal facts, cool diagrams, and photos from space, this will be a dizzy, action-packed ride!

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Chock-full of information, these guides will intrigue browsers. The organizational layer-by-layer strategy works well for the most part. From the sunlight zone to ocean trenches, readers learn about plants and animals as well as the methods and tools scientists use to study each subject. Atmosphere considers satellites, weather forecasting, ozone depletion, and more, from exosphere to troposphere. Mountains and Valleys loses some focus by including topics as varied as plains, tectonic plates, and the earth's core. Stick figures appear on most spreads among the detailed drawings and diagrams. Many unfamiliar terms are defined in the text rather than in the brief glossary. Lack of source documentation means that readers will need help locating additional resources on specific topics. VERDICT: Good starting points for curious browsers, who will pore over the pages and may be motivated to seek more in-depth information elsewhere. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple -- (11/1/2016 12:00:00 AM) The Earth's atmosphere is a busy and crowded place. Rockets, satellites, and gases are moving between the layers, from the exosphere (quite far away) to the troposphere (the air that we breathe). This Stickmen book is busy as well: the information is organized from the top layer of the atmosphere to the bottom. Each layer is allocated four pages, and those pages are jam-packed with content, to the detriment of the layout. The Stickmen are not so much guides as part of the landscape, floating on the fringes of the artwork and text blocks. An overuse of arrows between the text and illustrations creates the feeling that the reader is not so much being guided through the book as pinballing about. Some readers will no doubt be attracted by the highly visual nature of the book, but others might find it overwhelming and best suited to browsing. Still, the information is suitable for reports, and a glossary and an index complete the volume. Recommended for libraries where the series is already popular. --Booklist -- (12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM)

The Earth's atmosphere is a busy and crowded place. Rockets, satellites, and gases are moving between the layers, from the exosphere (quite far away) to the troposphere (the air that we breathe). This Stickmen book is busy as well: the information is organized from the top layer of the atmosphere to the bottom. Each layer is allocated four pages, and those pages are jam-packed with content, to the detriment of the layout. The Stickmen are not so much guides as part of the landscape, floating on the fringes of the artwork and text blocks. An overuse of arrows between the text and illustrations creates the feeling that the reader is not so much being guided through the book as pinballing about. Some readers will no doubt be attracted by the highly visual nature of the book, but others might find it overwhelming and best suited to browsing. Still, the information is suitable for reports, and a glossary and an index complete the volume. Recommended for libraries where the series is already popular. --Booklist --Journal Chock-full of information, these guides will intrigue browsers. The organizational layer-by-layer strategy works well for the most part. From the sunlight zone to ocean trenches, readers learn about plants and animals as well as the methods and tools scientists use to study each subject. Atmosphere considers satellites, weather forecasting, ozone depletion, and more, from exosphere to troposphere. Mountains and Valleys loses some focus by including topics as varied as plains, tectonic plates, and the earth's core. Stick figures appear on most spreads among the detailed drawings and diagrams. Many unfamiliar terms are defined in the text rather than in the brief glossary. Lack of source documentation means that readers will need help locating additional resources on specific topics. VERDICT: Good starting points for curious browsers, who will pore over the pages and may be motivated to seek more in-depth information elsewhere. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal

The Earth's atmosphere is a busy and crowded place. Rockets, satellites, and gases are moving between the layers, from the exosphere (quite far away) to the troposphere (the air that we breathe). This Stickmen book is busy as well: the information is organized from the top layer of the atmosphere to the bottom. Each layer is allocated four pages, and those pages are jam-packed with content, to the detriment of the layout. The Stickmen are not so much guides as part of the landscape, floating on the fringes of the artwork and text blocks. An overuse of arrows between the text and illustrations creates the feeling that the reader is not so much being guided through the book as pinballing about. Some readers will no doubt be attracted by the highly visual nature of the book, but others might find it overwhelming and best suited to browsing. Still, the information is suitable for reports, and a glossary and an index complete the volume. Recommended for libraries where the series is already popular.--Booklist -- Journal Chock-full of information, these guides will intrigue browsers. The organizational layer-by-layer strategy works well for the most part. From the sunlight zone to ocean trenches, readers learn about plants and animals as well as the methods and tools scientists use to study each subject. Atmosphere considers satellites, weather forecasting, ozone depletion, and more, from exosphere to troposphere. Mountains and Valleys loses some focus by including topics as varied as plains, tectonic plates, and the earth's core. Stick figures appear on most spreads among the detailed drawings and diagrams. Many unfamiliar terms are defined in the text rather than in the brief glossary. Lack of source documentation means that readers will need help locating additional resources on specific topics. VERDICT: Good starting points for curious browsers, who will pore over the pages and may be motivated to seek more in-depth information elsewhere.--School Library Journal, Series Made Simple -- Journal

Chock-full of information, these guides will intrigue browsers. The organizational layer-by-layer strategy works well for the most part. From the sunlight zone to ocean trenches, readers learn about plants and animals as well as the methods and tools scientists use to study each subject. Atmosphere considers satellites, weather forecasting, ozone depletion, and more, from exosphere to troposphere. Mountains and Valleys loses some focus by including topics as varied as plains, tectonic plates, and the earth's core. Stick figures appear on most spreads among the detailed drawings and diagrams. Many unfamiliar terms are defined in the text rather than in the brief glossary. Lack of source documentation means that readers will need help locating additional resources on specific topics. VERDICT: Good starting points for curious browsers, who will pore over the pages and may be motivated to seek more in-depth information elsewhere. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal The Earth's atmosphere is a busy and crowded place. Rockets, satellites, and gases are moving between the layers, from the exosphere (quite far away) to the troposphere (the air that we breathe). This Stickmen book is busy as well: the information is organized from the top layer of the atmosphere to the bottom. Each layer is allocated four pages, and those pages are jam-packed with content, to the detriment of the layout. The Stickmen are not so much guides as part of the landscape, floating on the fringes of the artwork and text blocks. An overuse of arrows between the text and illustrations creates the feeling that the reader is not so much being guided through the book as pinballing about. Some readers will no doubt be attracted by the highly visual nature of the book, but others might find it overwhelming and best suited to browsing. Still, the information is suitable for reports, and a glossary and an index complete the volume. Recommended for libraries where the series is already popular. --Booklist --Journal

Author Information

Catherine Chambers was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and brought up in England. She has written about 130 titles for children and young adults, and enjoys seeking out intriguing facts for her nonfiction titles. John Paul de Quay has a BS in biology from the University of Sussex, UK, and a graduate certificate in animation from the University of the West of England. He lives in the UK. Venitia Dean is a freelance illustrator who grew up in Brighton, UK. She has always loved drawing, ever since she could hold a pencil! As a teenager, she discovered a passion for figurative illustration, and then when she turned nineteen she was given a digital drawing tablet for her birthday and started transferring her work to the computer. She hasn't looked back since! As well as illustration, Venitia loves reading graphic novels and walking her dog, Peanut.

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