{"id":8714,"date":"2014-08-30T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T02:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=8714"},"modified":"2021-08-15T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T19:55:19","slug":"astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are &#8211; if not quite billions and billions &#8211; at least a LOT of resources for astronomy-lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/all-about-the-moon\/\">The Moon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/\">Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc2835cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc2835cd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/#ALL_ABOUT_ASTRONOMY\" >ALL ABOUT ASTRONOMY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/2\/#STARS_AND_STARGAZING\" >STARS AND STARGAZING<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/2\/#STAR_STORIES\" >STAR STORIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/3\/#THE_SOLAR_SYSTEM\" >THE SOLAR SYSTEM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/3\/#SPACE_EXPLORATION\" >SPACE EXPLORATION<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/4\/#POEMS\" >POEMS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/astronomy\/4\/#_AND_SOME_SCIENCE_FICTION\" >\u00a0AND SOME SCIENCE FICTION<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ALL_ABOUT_ASTRONOMY\"><\/span>ALL ABOUT ASTRONOMY<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 9584px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12089 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-1533x1536.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Whats-Out-There-2044x2048.jpg 2044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Lynn Wilson\u2019s <i>What\u2019s Out There?<\/i> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 1993) is a simply presented introduction to stars and planets, illustrated with terrific paper-collage pictures. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12045 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-1011x1024.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-1516x1536.jpg 1516w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Me-and-mt-place-2021x2048.jpg 2021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">In Joan Sweeney\u2019s <i>Me and My Place in Space<\/i> (Dragonfly Books, 1999), the young narrator takes off on a tour of the solar system, making crayon illustrations as she goes. (Pair with crayons!) For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12049 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NG-First-Big.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">By Catherine Hughes, <i>National Geographic Kids First Big Book of Space<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2012) is a beautifully illustrated introduction, filled with basic information and catchy facts. (\u201cIf you could drive a car to the sun, it would take you 170 years.\u201d) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 246px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12052 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Older-Than-Stars-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 246px;\">Karen Fox\u2019s <i>Older Than the Stars<\/i> (Charlesbridge, 2011) \u2013 in catchy verse &#8211; explains how everything that makes up every one of us (and everything else) originated billions of years ago in the Big Bang. Included is a colorful timeline of the universe. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 255px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 255px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12010 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-1536x1236.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Bang-2048x1647.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 255px;\">Also see Michael Rubino\u2019s <i>Bang! How We Came to Be<\/i> (Prometheus Books, 2011) for ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 254px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 254px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12088 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/What-Makes-Day-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/What-Makes-Day-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/What-Makes-Day-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/What-Makes-Day-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/What-Makes-Day.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 254px;\">The Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series many astronomy-themed picture books for early-elementary-level kids. Titles include <i>Mission to Mars<\/i>, <i>The International Space Station<\/i>, <i>What the Moon is Like<\/i>, and <i>The Planets in Our Solar System<\/i>.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12083 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-is-Rocket-Sci-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-is-Rocket-Sci-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/This-is-Rocket-Sci.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Emma Vanstone&#8217;s <em>This is Rocket Science<\/em> (Page Street Kids, 2018) is an activity guide with dozens of experiments designed to demonstrate gravity, friction, Newton\u2019s laws of motion, air resistance, thrust and trajectory, life in space, and the solar system, illustrated with color photos. For ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12066 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Soaring-thru-Univ-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Soaring-thru-Univ-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Soaring-thru-Univ.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Joanne C. Letwinch\u2019s <i>Soaring Through the Universe: Astronomy Through Children\u2019s Literature<\/i> (Libraries Unlimited, 1999) has activities, projects, literature connections, and reproducible worksheets, variously categorized under Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars, and Space Travel. For ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12004 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-All-Ages-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-All-Ages-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-All-Ages.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Philip Harrington\u2019s <i>Astronomy for All Ages<\/i> (Globe Pequot Press, 2000) is subtitled \u201cDiscovering the Universe Through Activities for Children and Adults.\u201d Over fifty activities for all ages, variously covering the moon, planets, stars, constellations, and galaxies. Included are charts of lunar eclipses and meteor showers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12086 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-1186x1536.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK-1581x2048.jpg 1581w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Universe-DK.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Robin Kerrod\u2019s <i>Universe<\/i> (Dorling Kindersley, 2009) in the popular Eyewitness series devotes a gorgeously illustrated double-page spread to each topic, among them \u201cHow the universe works,\u201d \u201cComparing the planets,\u201d \u201cClusters and nebulae,\u201d \u201cPulsars and black holes,\u201d and \u201cQuasars and other active galaxies.\u201d For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 246px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 246px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12012 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Beyond-solar-syst-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Beyond-solar-syst-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Beyond-solar-syst-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Beyond-solar-syst-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Beyond-solar-syst.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 246px;\">Mary Kay Carson&#8217;s <em>Beyond the Solar System<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2013) is an exploration of galaxies, black holes, alien planets, and more, with 21 hands-on activities. For ages 9 and up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12011 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-768x790.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-1492x1536.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron-1990x2048.jpg 1990w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Basher-Astron.jpg 2022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Simon Basher and Dan Green\u2019s 120+-page <i>Astronomy: Out of This World!<\/i> (Kingfisher, 2009) is clever, funny, and packed with information, much of it delivered in the anthropomorphic first person. The Sun: \u201cI\u2019m a total star \u2013 the center of everything, baby! A fearsome fireball burning 600 million tons of hydrogen every second, I provide light and heat for the orbiting scraps of matter called planets.\u201d Readers get the scoop on planets, stars, the Local Group, deep space, and more. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12046 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Merlins-Tour-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Merlins-Tour-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Merlins-Tour.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">In Neil de Grasse Tyson\u2019s <i>Merlin\u2019s Tour of the Universe<\/i> (Main Street Books, 1997), Tyson \u2013 in the person of Merlin, an omniscient visitor from the Andromeda Galaxy &#8211; answers astronomy questions from kids and adults on topics \u201cfrom Mars and Quasars to comets, Planets, Blue Moons, and Werewolves.\u201d A great read for ages 10 and up.Also see the sequel <em>Just Visiting This Planet<\/em> (Main Street Books, 1998).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/astrophysics-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/astrophysics-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/astrophysics-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/astrophysics-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/astrophysics.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Neil de Grasse Tyson&#8217;s <em>Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry<\/em> (Norton, 2019) is an overview of cosmology for curious kids from the big bang on, stuffed with catchy facts, infographics, photos, and fascinating information. For example, readers discover the location of Superman\u2019s home planet and the site of the solar system\u2019s tallest mountain, and find out why Santa Claus should spend the off-season in Ecuador. Chapter titles include \u201cHow to Communicate with Aliens,\u201d \u201cMy Favorite Elements,\u201d \u201cDark Energy,\u201d and \u201cWhy the World is Round.\u201d For ages 10-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12013 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Black-Hole-not-hole.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">By Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, <i>A Black Hole is Not a Hole<\/i> (Charlesbridge, 2012) is a reader-friendly account of gravity, quasars, black holes, and the event horizon, written with both expertise and a sense of humor. (\u201cA black hole is nothing to look at. Literally.\u201d) For ages 11 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12006 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astron-for-kids-Betts-2048x2046.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">By Bruce Betts, <em>Astronomy for Kids<\/em> (Rockridge Press, 2018) is a helpful guide for exploring the sky with binoculars, a telescope, or just your eyes. For ages 7-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12069 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Stars-Time-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Stars-Time-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Stars-Time-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Stars-Time.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">By Elaine Scott, <em>Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time<\/em> (Clarion, 2011) is an account of discoveries from the Hubble telescope, illustrated with dazzling photos. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12060 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rocket-Sci-for-Rest-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rocket-Sci-for-Rest-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rocket-Sci-for-Rest.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Ben Gilliland&#8217;s <em>Rocket Science for the Rest of Us<\/em> (DK, 2015) is an\u00a0illustrated guide to black holes, antimatter, physics, and space exploration. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12020 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Infograph-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Infograph-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Infograph-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Infograph-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Infograph.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">By Stuart Lowe and Chris North, <em>Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space<\/em> (Aurum, 2015) covers space in numbers and graphics, from the beginning of space exploration to the ends of the universe. A good math connection. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11999 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/365-Starry.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Chet Raymo\u2019s <i>365 Starry Nights<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 1990) has star maps, well-presented scientific information and an astronomical adventure for every night of the year. A great family resource.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 77px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 77px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 77px;\">Also see the (unrelated) <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmoquest.org\/x\/365daysofastronomy\/\">365 Days of Astronomy<\/a> which has an informational astronomical podcast for every day of the year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12061 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Secrets-Bermna-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Secrets-Bermna-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Secrets-Bermna.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Bob Berman\u2019s <i>Secrets of the Night Sky<\/i> (Harper Paperbacks, 1996): subtitled \u201cThe Most Amazing Things in the Universe You Can See with the Naked Eye,\u201d is a fascinating collection of essays on everything from the Big Dipper to the aurora borealis. Though intended for adults, these make for great astronomical family read-alouds. Also included are helpful appendices on selecting binoculars and buying a telescope.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12021 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-Sagan.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Carl Sagan&#8217;s <em>Cosmos<\/em> (Ballantine Books, 2013) covers fourteen billion years of cosmic history. Said to be one of the most popular science books of all time. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 251px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 251px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12048 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NASA-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NASA-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/NASA.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 251px;\">NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/StarChild\/StarChild.html\">Starchild<\/a> is a \u201cLearning Center for Young Astronomers.\u201d Visitors learn about the solar system, universe, and outer space with a wide range of activities. For elementary- and middle-school-level kids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 95px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 95px;\">NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/\">Space Place<\/a> is a great resource, with many interactive projects, activities, and explorations for kids of all ages, categorized under Space, Sun, Earth, Solar System, and Peiople &amp; Technology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 95px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 95px;\">NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">Imagine the Universe<\/a> has information, multimedia exhibits, interactive projects and activities (some using real satellite data), and more. Designed for ages 14 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 22px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 22px;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seti.org\/\">SETI Institute<\/a> has an excellent activity guide for kids and families on the sun, the solar system, and eclipses, as well as year-long curricula targeted at either elementary- and middle-school-level kids (Life in the Universe) or high-school students (Voyages Through Time).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 187px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 187px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 187px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/osr.org\/articles\/astronomy-basics-for-children\/\">Astronomy Basics for Children<\/a> is a nicely organized hyperlinked list, covering What Astronomers Do, How Did the Universe Begin, Home Sweet Home, The Light We Live By, Eight or Nine Planets, and How Far Does the Apple Fall from the Tree? Included are astronomy calculators, a mnemonic for remembering the planets in order, a tutorial on the Milky Way, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12076 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stars-image.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Designed by an astronomy teacher, the <a href=\"http:\/\/liebacklookup.com\/\">Lie Back, Look Up<\/a> website has many suggestions for family adventures with the night sky, including projects, activities, and viewing helps.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 132px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 132px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 132px;\">From NASA and Montana State University\u2019s Ceres Project, <a href=\"http:\/\/btc.montana.edu\/ceres\/html\/EdActivities.html\">Educational Activities<\/a> has a list of very well-organized lesson plans for a range of ages. Sample titles: Sky Paths: Studying the Movement of Celestial Objects, Learning Planet sizes, MarsQuest, and The Expanding Universe.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 95px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 95px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 95px;\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.science-teachers.com\/space.htm\">Space Science Teaching<\/a> for a lesson plan on navigating by the North Star, constellation teaching resources, a map of the northern circumpolar constellations, and more. (Learn how to make a sextant!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 206px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 206px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 206px;\">From Core Knowledge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreknowledge.org\/free-resource\/ckla-domain-07-astronomy-solar-system-beyond\/\">Astronomy: Our Solar System and Beyond<\/a>\u00a0is an excellent ten-part lesson plan targeted at third-graders. Various sections \u2013 all with instructions and materials and resource lists \u2013 cover Origins of the Universe; Galaxies; the Solar System; Planetary Motion; Gravity; Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets; Eclipses; Stars, Constellations, and Orienteering; and Exploration of Space.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 114px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 114px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 114px;\">At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/explore\/ology\/astronomy\">Ology<\/a>, the American Museum of Natural History\u2019s website for kids, learn all about astronomy, take a virtual tour of the solar system, find out if you\u2019re a likely candidate for a colony on Mars, build the Big Dipper, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12073 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/StarDAte-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/StarDAte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/StarDAte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/StarDAte.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stardate.org\/\">Stardate<\/a> is the public education and outreach branch of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. Visit the website for episodes of the informational Stardate radio program, a moon phase calendar, an illustrated \u201cAstro Guide\u201d to the universe, and a downloadable teacher\u2019s lesson plan guide.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12007 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronomy-mag-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronomy-mag-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronomy-mag.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">For interested amateur astronomers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/\">Astronomy<\/a> magazine is filled with news and information about astronomy and sky-viewing. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12019 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Cosmos-documentary.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2395695\/\">Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey<\/a> is a 13-part 2014 science documentary hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, an update of Carl Sagan\u2019s original <i>Cosmos: A Personal Voyage<\/i>, aired on PBS in 1980. A great way to get an astronomy education.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 114px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 114px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 114px;\">At the <a href=\"http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/\">Hubble Site<\/a>, learn all about the Hubble telescope and its discoveries., and get the scoop on the Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble\u2019s successor. Included at the site are videos, podcasts, a photo gallery, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>STARS AND STARGAZING<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12054 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Our-Stars-bk-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Our-Stars-bk-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Our-Stars-bk.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Anne Rockwell\u2019s <i>Our Stars<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002) has bright pictures and a short simple text for ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12064 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sky-Full-of-Stars-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sky-Full-of-Stars-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sky-Full-of-Stars-1024x948.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sky-Full-of-Stars-768x711.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sky-Full-of-Stars.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, Franklyn Branley\u2019s <i>The Sky Is Full of Stars<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1983) is a simple introduction to stars and stargazing for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12036 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-1217x1536.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell-1622x2048.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Glow-Constell.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>C.E. Thompson\u2019s <i>Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations<\/i> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 1999) is a straightforward introduction to ten major constellations, each given a double-page spread. (And they glow in the dark.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12074 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stargazers-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stargazers-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stargazers-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stargazers.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Gail Gibbons, <i>The Stargazers<\/i> (Holiday House, 1999), illustrated with bright attractive drawings, covers stargazers, ancient and modern, stars and constellations, and the operation of telescopes and planetariums. A straightforward introduction for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12075 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stars-by-Simon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stars-by-Simon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stars-by-Simon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Stars-by-Simon.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon\u2019s <i>Stars<\/i> HarperCollins, 2006) and <i>Galaxies<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1991) are excellent introductions, illustrated with spectacular full-page color photographs. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12033 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Find-the-Constell-Rey-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Find-the-Constell-Rey-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Find-the-Constell-Rey.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Looking up, of course, is easy; the trick is to know just what you\u2019re looking up <i>at<\/i>. A wonderful help here is H.A. Rey\u2019s 72-page <i>Find the Constellations<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2008) \u2013 an excellent (and classic) beginner\u2019s guide to the stars for ages 5-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12081 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-1200x1536.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey-1599x2048.jpg 1599w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Stars-Rey.jpg 1626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>For older kids, check out Rey\u2019s <i>The Stars: A New Way to See Them<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2008), 160 pages of beautifully presented information, diagrams, drawings, and star maps. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12050 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Night-Sky-Alexander-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Night-Sky-Alexander-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Night-Sky-Alexander-999x1024.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Night-Sky-Alexander-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Night-Sky-Alexander.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><i>A Child\u2019s Introduction to the Night Sky<\/i> by Michael Driscoll (Black Dog &amp; Leventhal, 2004), illustrated with photos, diagrams, and colorful cartoon drawings, is divided into two main sections: \u201cWhat\u2019s Up There?\u201d (including \u201cWhat We Can See\u201d and \u201cWhat We Can\u2019t See\u201d) and \u201cExploring What\u2019s Up There,\u201d which provides guidelines for sky viewing through the four seasons of the year. For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12024 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dot-to-dot-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dot-to-dot-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dot-to-dot.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Joan Marie Galat\u2019s <i>Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories in the Stars<\/i> (Whitecap Books, 2010) has scientific facts and a mythological story for each of fifteen prominent constellations. A star chart and \u201cdot-to-dot\u201d patterns help beginners locate them in the sky, For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also by Galat in the same Dot to Dot in the Sky series are <i>Stories of the Planets<\/i>, <i>Stories of the Zodiac<\/i>, and <i>Stories of the Moon<\/i>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12032 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-the-Night-Sky-1012x1024-1-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-the-Night-Sky-1012x1024-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-the-Night-Sky-1012x1024-1-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-the-Night-Sky-1012x1024-1.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Terence Dickinson\u2019s <i>Exploring the Night Sky<\/i> (Firefly Books, 1987) is an excellent star-spotting resource, featuring a \u201cCosmic Voyage\u201d in \u201c40 jumps\u201d from the neighborly Moon to distant galaxies; an overview of the solar system and deep space; and a stargazing guide. For ages 10 and up.Also see Dickinson&#8217;s <em>Night Watch<\/em> (Firefly Books, 2006), which includes stargazing guides for the naked eye, binoculars, or small telescopes, plus a great series of star charts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12091 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishing-on-a-star-constellation-stories-and-stargazing-activities-for-kids-paperback_1_fullsize-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishing-on-a-star-constellation-stories-and-stargazing-activities-for-kids-paperback_1_fullsize-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishing-on-a-star-constellation-stories-and-stargazing-activities-for-kids-paperback_1_fullsize-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishing-on-a-star-constellation-stories-and-stargazing-activities-for-kids-paperback_1_fullsize-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wishing-on-a-star-constellation-stories-and-stargazing-activities-for-kids-paperback_1_fullsize.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Fran Lee\u2019s <i>Wishing on a Star: Constellation Stories and Stargazing Activities for Kids<\/i> (Gibbs Smith, 2001) shows kids how to make a \u201ctwinkling thaumatrope\u201d (a Victorian spinning toy), a star-patterned kite, and a star mobile, and includes script and instructions for performing a constellation myth play.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>The barebones stargazer doesn\u2019t need more than a star map, a red-cellophane-covered flashlight for peeking at it (red light won\u2019t interfere with your night vision), and a comfy blanket. A wonderful extra, however, is a green laser pointer. These are much brighter than the red versions, and the green beam dot shows up in midair, which means that it can be used for pointing at stars and constellations\u00a0 (\u201cskypointing\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12080 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/There-Once-Was-Sky-of-Stars-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/There-Once-Was-Sky-of-Stars-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/There-Once-Was-Sky-of-Stars.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Bob Crelin\u2019s picture-book <i>There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars<\/i> (Sky Publishing, 2007), in simple rhyming text, describes the wonders of the night sky and their loss due to light pollution. For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darksky.org\/\">International Dark Sky Association.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12018 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/constellations-coloring-bk-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/constellations-coloring-bk-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/constellations-coloring-bk.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Bruce LaFontaine\u2019s <i>Constellations of the Night Sky<\/i> (Dover, 2003) is a 48-page informational coloring book.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Enchanted Learning has a large collection of printable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enchantedlearning.com\/connectdots\/\">constellation connect-the-dot puzzles<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Donna Young\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnayoung.org\/science\/constellation-slides.htm\">Pringles Can Viewer and Constellation Slides<\/a> has printable constellation slides and instructions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>For the ambitious, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-build-an-LED-Planetarium\/\">How to Build an LED Plantetarium<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/nightskyonline.info\/?p=13016\">Make Your Own Tin Can Pinhole Planetarium<\/a> has illustrated instructions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>This <a href=\"https:\/\/middleschoolscience.com\/2015\/05\/27\/shoebox-planetarium-or-constellation-viewer\/\">Shoebox Planetarium Project<\/a> has complete instructions \u2013 suggested as a group project for learning constellations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12056 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/people-and-telescope-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/people-and-telescope-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/people-and-telescope-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/people-and-telescope.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skymaps.com\/\">Skymaps<\/a> offers free printable monthly sky maps (both northern and southern hemispheres) and a monthly sky calendar of best objects to see with binoculars, telescope, or naked eye.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/amazing-space.stsci.edu\/\">Amazing Space<\/a> has a gallery of Hubble images, \u201cTonight\u2019s Sky,\u201d a guide to currently viewable constellations and other night-sky objects, and a long list of terrific interactive explorations for kids on galaxies, comets, black holes, the solar system, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From NASA\u2019s Space Place, <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/starfinder\/en\/\">Make a Star Finder<\/a> has instructions and printable star-map patterns for each month of the year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12025 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstars240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"249\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>See these instructions for making <a href=\"http:\/\/legacyproject.org\/activities\/drstarorigami.html\">origami dream stars<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12087 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Gogh-Starry-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Gogh-Starry-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Gogh-Starry-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Van-Gogh-Starry.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>From the Van Gogh Gallery, learn about and view Van Gogh\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/painting\/starry-night.html\">Starry Night<\/a> and other starry paintings. (Try painting one of your own.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>STAR STORIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12022 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coyote-Places-Stars-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coyote-Places-Stars-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coyote-Places-Stars.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Harriet Peck Taylor\u2019s <i>Coyote Places the Stars<\/i> (Aladdin, 1997) is a picture-book tale of the irrepressible Coyote who climbs a ladder to the moon and there makes wonderful animal pictures in the sky by shooting arrows at the stars. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12038 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-the-Stars-Fell.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Jerrie Oughton\u2019s <i>How the Stars Fell Into the Sky<\/i> (Sandpiper, 1996) is a Navajo legend about the origin of the stars and constellations. First Woman is making a careful pattern \u2013 a \u201ccareful mosaic on the blackberry cloth of night\u201d \u2013 until impatient Coyote decides to help. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12096 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-1536x1195.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Zoo-in-Sky-2048x1593.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jacqueline Mitton\u2019s <i>Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2006) pairs animal legends and a bit of scientific information with gorgeous silver-star-studded paintings by Christina Balit. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12053 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Once-Upon-Starry-Night-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Also by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit, see <i>Once Upon a Starry Night<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2009) for star stories from Greek myths; and <i>Zodiac: Celestial Circle of the Sun<\/i> (Frances Lincoln Children\u2019s Books, 2008), for science, history, and legends of the twelve constellations of the Zodiac. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12028 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Earth-Under-Sky-Bear.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Joseph Bruchac\u2019s <i>The Earth Under Sky Bear\u2019s Feet<\/i> (Putnam Juvenile, 1998) is a collection of poems based on tribal legends of the Sky Bear (Big Dipper), illustrated with oil paintings. For ages 6-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/star-stories-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/star-stories-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/star-stories.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Anita Ganeri&#8217;s <em>Star Stories<\/em> (Running Press, 2019) is a beautifully illustrated collection of myths about sun, stars, and Milky Way from cultures worldwide. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12082 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky-1222x1536.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/They-Dance-in-Sky.jpg 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>They Dance in the Sky<\/i> by Jean Guard Monroe and Ray A. Williamson (Sandpiper, 2007) is a 144-page collection of star myths from a wide range of Native American tribes, among them Navajo, Pawnee, Micmac, Tlingit, and Mohawk. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12041 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keepersofthenight-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keepersofthenight-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keepersofthenight.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td><i>Keepers of the Night<\/i> by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac (Fulcrum Publishing, 1994) pairs native American star legends with activities, games, and science and nature experiments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>THE SOLAR SYSTEM<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12042 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-School-Bus-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-School-Bus-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-School-Bus-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-School-Bus-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-School-Bus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Joanna Cole\u2019s <i>The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/i> (Scholastic, 1992), the planetarium is closed, so Miss Frizzle launches her class into space on board the magic school bus, where they take a tour of the solar system. Must of the information is delivered via hand-printed student reports. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12058 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planet-Gods-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planet-Gods-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planet-Gods.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Jacqueline Mitton \u2013 who has a Ph.D. in astrophysics &#8211; <i>The Planet Gods<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2008) combines science with mythology and legends about the planets in our solar system. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12067 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-System-Simon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-System-Simon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-System-Simon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-System-Simon-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-System-Simon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon\u2019s <i>Our Solar System<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2007), illustrated with spectacular full-page color photographs, covers the sun, the planets and their moons, and asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. For ages 6-12.Also by Simon in the same format, see <em>The Universe<\/em> (2006), <em>Galaxies <\/em>(1991), <em>Stars<\/em> (2006), <em>Destination: Space<\/em> (2006), <em>The Sun<\/em> (1989), <em>Earth<\/em> (2003), <em>The Moon<\/em> (2003), <em>Destination: Jupiter<\/em> (2000), <em>Destination: Mars<\/em> (2016), and other individual books on the planets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12030 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Explore-Solar-Syst-Nomad.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Anita Yasuda\u2019s <em>Explore the Solar System!<\/em> (Nomad, 2009) includes background information, Words to Know and factoid boxes, and 25 hands-on activities. For ages 6-9. In the same format by Yasuda, also see <em>Explore Comets and Asteroids!<\/em> (Nomad, 2017).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11998 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-Planets-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-Planets-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-Planets-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/13-Planets.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Astronomer David Aguilar\u2019s <i>13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2011) brings readers up to date on the solar system, including its latest inhabitants, Ceres and Eris. Illustrated with wonderful photos and diagrams. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12090 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/When-is-Planet-Not-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/When-is-Planet-Not-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/When-is-Planet-Not-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/When-is-Planet-Not-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/When-is-Planet-Not.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Elaine Scott\u2019s <i>When is a Planet Not a Planet?<\/i> (Clarion Books, 2007) is the story of Pluto, downgraded in 2006 from \u201cplanet\u201d to \u201cdwarf planet.\u201d For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12079 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Planet-Hunter-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Planet-Hunter-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Planet-Hunter.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see Elizabeth Rusch\u2019s <i>The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto<\/i> (Cooper Square Publishing, 2007) for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12068 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph-1537x2048.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Solar-Syst-infograph.jpg 1876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>By Nadia Higgins, <em>The Solar System Through Infographics<\/em> (Lerner, 2013) provides fascinating data on the solar system using charts, maps, graphs, and illustrations. A great tie-in to math. For ages 8-11.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the Super Science Infographics series.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12031 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-Solar-Syst-CRP-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-Solar-Syst-CRP-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-Solar-Syst-CRP-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Exploring-Solar-Syst-CRP.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><i>Exploring the Solar System<\/i> by Mary Kay Carson (Chicago Review Press, 2006) is \u201cA History with 22 Activities\u201d charting space science from its ancient beginnings to the present day. Attractive diagrams demonstrate planetary motion, the inner workings of reflector, refractor, and compound telescopes, and the anatomy of a rocket; colored boxes hold capsule biographies of such famous space scientists as William Herschel, Robert Goddard, Edmond Halley, Edwin Hubble, and Yuri Gagarin.\u00a0 Projects include building a spectroscope (you\u2019ll need an old CD), making craters in the kitchen, watching for satellites, taking a walk to Pluto, and making a map of the Moon. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12002 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Amazing-Solr-SYst-Projs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Delano Lopez\u2019s <em>Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself<\/em> (Nomad, 2008) is an introduction to the solar system and beyond, with many hands-on projects, among them building a model of an astronomical unit, an asteroid jigsaw puzzle, and a Newtonian telescope. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planetary-Sci-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planetary-Sci-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planetary-Sci-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planetary-Sci-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planetary-Sci.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Matthew Brenden Wood&#8217;s<i> Planetary Science <\/i>(Nomad, 2017) is a creatively-designed survey of the solar system, with cartoons, fact boxes, primary sources, and activities intended to promote inquiry and investigation. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12059 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Planets-Sobel.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Dava Sobel&#8217;s <em>The Planets<\/em> (Penguin, 2006) covers the origins and oddities of the planets through popular culture, literature, art, music, biography, and history. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/ronh\/solar_system\/\">scale model of the solar system<\/a>. Just fill in the diameter of your proposed sun and this program will fill in all the rest.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheuniverse.org\/downloads\/Content\/Voyage!.pdf\">walk-through solar system<\/a>. Prepare to count a lot of paces.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>SPACE EXPLORATION<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-1282x1536.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Astronaut-Hbk-1709x2048.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Meghan McCarthy\u2019s <i>Astronaut Handbook<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008), four adorably pop-eyed kids head off for astronaut school. Readers learn what astronaut training is all about. Delightful for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12095 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-1381x1536.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/You-are-1st-kid-on-Mars-1842x2048.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Patrick O\u2019Brien\u2019s\u00a0<i>You Are the First Kid on Mars<\/i>\u00a0(Putnam Juvenile, 2009) stars a little boy in an orange space suit traveling to Mars via space elevator, space station, and Nuclear Thermal Rocket (which last travels at a thrilling 75,000 miles per hour), and finally arriving at a Martian colony populated by scientists and engineers. The book is illustrated with wonderful photorealistic paintings, peppered with interesting facts, and written in the second person, which gives the text a feel of you-are-there immediacy. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12071 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-Eyew-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-Eyew-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-Eyew-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-Eyew-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-Eyew.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/b><\/b>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Carole Stott\u2019s <i>Space Exploration<\/i> (Dorling Kindersley, 2009), an Eyewitness book, covers each topic in a double-page spread, creatively illustrated with photographs. Topics include \u201cWhat is space?\u201d \u201cRocket science,\u201d \u201cMan on the moon,\u201d \u201cSpace stations,\u201d and \u201cLanders and discoverers.\u201d For ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12039 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-be-space-explorer-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-be-space-explorer-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/How-to-be-space-explorer.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><em>How to Be a Space Explorer<\/em> (Lonely Planet Kids, 2014) has everything you need to know for exploring space, from a tour of the planets and their moons to space rocks, volcanoes, searching for alien life, deep space \u2013 and the return home. Included are stories of real-life exploration and over 300 photos. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-1536x1530.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Space-Explorat-BAsher-2048x2040.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Simon Basher and Dan Green\u2019s <em>Space Exploration<\/em> (Kingfisher, 2019) covers space exploration to infinity and beyond. A lot of information delivered in snarky first-person accounts. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12001 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-927x1024.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-1391x1536.jpg 1391w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Almost-Astronatus-1855x2048.jpg 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Tanya Lee Stone\u2019s <i>Almost Astronauts<\/i> (Candlewick, 2009) is a fascinating (and infuriating) photo-essay about 13 women who almost became astronauts \u2013 and by doing so, opened the way to space for women. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12034 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Galaxy-Girls-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Galaxy-Girls-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Galaxy-Girls.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Libby Jackson&#8217;s\u00a0(Harper Design, 2018) is a collection of 50 short biographies of women in space exploration from the 19<sup style=\"font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"> century to the present. For ages 10 and up.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12000 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AirandSpaceMuseumLogo-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AirandSpaceMuseumLogo-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AirandSpaceMuseumLogo.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Best, of course, would be to take a trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/\">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum<\/a> \u2013 but, lacking that, there\u2019s a lot of good stuff online. For example, check out the exhibit of artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12062 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SETI.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Want to help search for extraterrestrial intelligence? Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu\/\">SETI@home<\/a> and find out how.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>POEMS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12003 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight-912x1024.jpg 912w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight-768x862.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight-1368x1536.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Then-Were-Eight.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Laura Purdie Salas\u2019s <i>And Then There Were Eight<\/i> (A+ Books, 2008) combines 15 poems about astronomy and space exploration with gorgeous color photographs. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12016 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Comets-Stars-Florian-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Comets-Stars-Florian-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Comets-Stars-Florian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Comets-Stars-Florian.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Douglas Florian\u2019s\u00a0<i>Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars<\/i>\u00a0(Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2007) is an illustrated collection of catchy space poems for ages 5 and up.<b><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b><br \/><\/b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12055 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-1536x1238.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Out-of-This-World-2048x1651.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Amy Sklansky\u2019s <i>Out of This World<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012) is a clever collection of 20 illustrated poems about space travel and astronomy, with general information and cool factoids presented in sidebars. A great pick for ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12077 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Swamps-of-Sleethe-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Swamps-of-Sleethe-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Swamps-of-Sleethe-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Swamps-of-Sleethe-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Swamps-of-Sleethe.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><br \/><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Jack Prelutsky\u2019s <i>The Swamps of Sleethe<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009) \u2013 subtitled \u201cPoems From Beyond the Solar System\u201d \u2013 is a fun but creepy collection about aliens that you really don\u2019t want to meet. For kids who like a touch of the scary. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Walt Whitman\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/174747\">When I Heard the Learn\u2019d Astronomer<\/a> is not a plug for science. Go on. Discuss.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>This collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingliterature.com\/2019\/08\/10-of-the-best-poems-about-space-and-the-planets\/\">10 Best Poems About Stars and Planets<\/a> includes selections by Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Carl Sandburg.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Alan Shapiro\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/171394\">Astronomy Lesson<\/a> begins with two boys on the front porch, looking up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>AND SOME SCIENCE FICTION<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>From the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, <a href=\"https:\/\/astrosociety.org\/education-outreach\/education-resources.html\">Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy<\/a>\u00a0is a terrific (and long) categorized list.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12017 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad-1385x2048.jpg 1385w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Commander-Toad.jpg 1691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Jane Yolen\u2019s <i>Commander Toad in Space<\/i> (Puffin, 1996)\u00a0 is the first of a series starring the \u201cbold and bright\u201d Commander Toad and his crew on the spaceship Star Warts. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12047 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mousetronaut-2048x2046.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Mark Kelly\u2019s <i>Mousetronaut<\/i> (Paula Wiseman Books, 2012) (\u201cbased on a (partially) true story\u201d) features Meteor, a very small mouse, who saves a mission on the space shuttle Endeavor. Includes a lot of helpful info about daily life on the space shuttle. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12043 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-1045x1536.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon-1393x2048.jpg 1393w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Magic-Treehouse-Moon.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Mary Pope Osborne\u2019s <i>Midnight on the Moon<\/i> (Random House, 1996), one of the popular Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie go forward in time and end up at the International Space Station on the moon. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12092 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wonderful-Mushroom-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wonderful-Mushroom-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wonderful-Mushroom.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Eleanor Cameron\u2019s <i>The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet<\/i> (Little, Brown, 1988), Chuck and David build a homemade space ship and head off in it with odd little scientist Mr. Bass to the green planet of Basidium. For ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12065 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Smekday-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Smekday-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Smekday.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Adam Rex\u2019s funny and delightful <i>The True Meaning of Smekday<\/i>, aliens known as the Boov have taken over the Earth and forced all humans to relocate to Florida. Eleven-year-old Tip Tucci and a renegade Boov end up on a wild cross-country trip trying to find Tip\u2019s mother and, incidentally, to save the world. A riotous read for ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12078 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-768x1213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-972x1536.jpg 972w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk-1296x2048.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The-Green-Bk.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Jill Paton Walsh\u2019s <i>The Green Book<\/i> (Square Fish, 2012), Pattie and family have left the dying Earth to settle on the new planet of Shine \u2013 though on this beautiful crystalline planet it soon becomes clear that they may not be able to survive. (Readers learn on page one that colonists are only allowed to take one book per passenger \u2013 a tough decision.) For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12035 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geroges-Secret-Key-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geroges-Secret-Key-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geroges-Secret-Key-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geroges-Secret-Key-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Geroges-Secret-Key.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Stephen Hawking \u2013 yes, <i>the<\/i> Stephen Hawking &#8211; and his daughter Lucy,\u00a0\u00a0<i>George\u2019s Secret Key to the Universe<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2009), sends George traveling through space with the scientist next door, his daughter Annie, and a super-computer named Cosmos. There\u2019s a lot of good science here \u2013 readers, for example, learn a lot about black holes \u2013 but the text can be labored. (\u201cWhy, George, science is a wonderful and fascinating subject that helps us understand the world around us.\u201d) For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/were-not-from-here.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Geoff Rodkey&#8217;s <em>We&#8217;re Not From Here<\/em> (Crown, 2019), Earth is uninhabitable; and Mars doesn\u2019t readily support human life \u2013 so the human race, <em style=\"font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">en masse<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">, heads out to Planet Choom, world of the Zhuri, who look like giant mosquitoes, the marshmallow-like Ororo, the Krik (green werewolves), and the Nug (giant worms). By the time the human ships arrive, however, the government of Choom has changed its mind about accepting refugees \u2013 and Lan Mifune and family are picked as a test case, tasked with proving that humans can assimilate and live in peace. It turns out that there\u2019s a lot more to this than expected. For ages 9-12.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12015 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Borgel-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Borgel-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Borgel.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In <i>Borgel<\/i> (Aladdin, 1992), by the hysterically funny Daniel Pinkwater, young Marvin Spellbound is taken on an intergalactic road trip by his Uncle Borgel in search of the elusive Giant Popsicle. Uncle Borgel \u2013 who travels with 32 small black suitcases \u2013 turns out to be 111 years old and an experienced time-and-space traveler. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12014 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BOOM-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BOOM-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BOOM.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Mark Haddon\u2019s <i>Boom!<\/i> (Yearling, 2011) best friends Jimbo and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a strange language and \u2013 curious \u2013 decide to investigate. It turns out that they\u2019re aliens, kidnapping science-fiction fans to repopulate their dying planet. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12084 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tripods.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In John Christopher\u2019s <i>The White Mountains<\/i> (Aladdin, 2014), the Tripods \u2013 giant alien machines \u2013 have taken over the Earth. Young Will Parker \u2013 about to turn 13 and due to undergo the Capping ceremony that will put him under the Tripods\u2019 control \u2013 instead runs away to the White Mountains, hoping to join the anti-Tripod rebels. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12009 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885-1389x2048.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/a-wrinkle-in-time-today-170329-inline_2d621ca39b6825dacdb6ea7bc8bec885.jpg 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Madeline L\u2019Engle\u2019s <i>A Wrinkle in Time<\/i> (Square Fish, 2007), originally published in 1962, Meg Murry, along with her five-year-old genius brother Charles Wallace and friend Calvin, are transported across the universe with the help of the mysterious Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who (and a tesseract) to find Meg\u2019s lost scientist father. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12094 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wrinkle-in-Time-movie-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wrinkle-in-Time-movie-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wrinkle-in-Time-movie-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wrinkle-in-Time-movie.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Also see the film version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1620680\/\">A Wrinkle in Time<\/a> (2018). Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12044 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Martian-Chronicles-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Martian-Chronicles-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Martian-Chronicles.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Ray Bradbury\u2019s classic <i>The Martian Chronicles<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012) is a collection of short stories about the colonization of Mars. Titles include \u201cRocket Summer,\u201d \u201cThe Settlers,\u201d \u201cThe Old Ones,\u201d \u201cThe Silent Towns,\u201d and \u201cThe Million-Year Picnic.\u201d A wonderful read for ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12085 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tunnel-in-Sky-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tunnel-in-Sky-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tunnel-in-Sky-626x1024.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tunnel-in-Sky.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Robert Heinlein\u2019s <i>Tunnel in the Sky<\/i> (Pocket Books, 2005), Rod Walker, who wants to be a professional space colonist guide, is sent to a distant planet with other members of his high-school class for a short survival test. Something, however, goes terribly wrong and the kids are stranded. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12093 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-768x1236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-955x1536.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin-1273x2048.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Word-for-World-LeGuin.jpg 1554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Ursula LeGuin\u2019s <i>The Word for World is Forest<\/i> (Tor, 2010), the peaceful forest planet of Athshe has been colonized by yumans \u2013 us &#8211; who are exploiting the \u201cprimitive\u201d green-furred natives. Talk about metaphors. A good discussion book for ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12029 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Enders-Game-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Enders-Game-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Enders-Game-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Enders-Game-768x1128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Enders-Game.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Orson Scott Card\u2019s <i>Ender\u2019s Game<\/i> (Tor, 1994), the government is training child geniuses as soldiers to combat a hostile alien race. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12063 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Silent-Planet.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In C.S. Lewis\u2019s <i>Out of the Silent Planet<\/i> (Scribner, 2003), Dr. Ransom is kidnapped by scientists Weston and Devine and taken to Malacandra (Mars), where they plan to turn him over to the sorns \u2013 the Malacandran natives \u2013 as a sacrifice. Along with the two sequels, <em>Perelandra<\/em> and <em>That Hideous Strength<\/em>, these are not only exciting science fiction adventures, but raise issues of theology and ethics. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12051 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/o-HITCHHIKER-GUIDE-facebook.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Douglas Adams\u2019s irresistible <i>The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/i> (Del Ray, 1995), Arthur Dent is yanked off Earth by his friend Ford Prefect \u2013 who is really an alien \u2013 seconds before the planet is demolished to make way for an intergalactic freeway. Always remember: (1) a towel is the most useful thing a space traveler can carry and (2) Don\u2019t panic. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12037 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hitchhikers-movie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hitchhikers-movie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hitchhikers-movie-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hitchhikers-movie-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Hitchhikers-movie.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Also see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0371724\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">film version<\/a> (2005), starring Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent. Rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12026 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-580x1024.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-768x1355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-871x1536.jpg 871w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-1161x2048.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Frank Herbert\u2019s <i>Dune<\/i> (Ace, 1990) \u2013 set on the desert planet of Arrakis \u2013 is the story of Paul Atreides who joins the desert-dwelling Fremen and becomes the legendary leader Muad\u2019Dib. The book is a rich combination of politics, environmentalism, and religion, with giant sand worms. For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12027 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-movie-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-movie-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-movie-538x1024.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dune-movie.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0142032\/?ref_=tt_rec_tt\">Dune<\/a> was produced as a three-part mini-series in 2000. 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