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Title: Beautiful Introduction to Astronomy
Review: The Publisher's Weekly Review is right on. I disagree with some of the reviews' claims that the illustrations are stellar, however. They are colorful, the subjects are interesting, and lead to great discussions about the sun. We love the picture of our moon, Earth and our sun on the dedication page - it's a perfect start to each reading. There are a lot of "first" books out there for atronomy that are just too complex to really be a good beginning. This one is a home run for it's simplicity and appeal to young children. The repetition of "the sun is my favorite star" makes it like a song to toddlers and pre-schoolers while really ingraining that first connection between our sun in the sky and in pictures and what it actually is. It's also nice that the character is a girl, since so often it's a boy. Balance is good.
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