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Our Solar System (revised edition) | 
| Author: Seymour Simon
Publisher: Collins
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 9586
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Updated
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 72
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 9.6 x 0.1
ISBN: 0061140082
Dewey Decimal Number: 523.2
EAN: 9780061140082
ASIN: 0061140082
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Product Description
Born almost 5 billion years ago at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, our Solar System is a place filled with mystery and wonder. In the last fifty years, we have learned more than ever about the farthest reaches of our world. With dramatic full-color photographs and spacecraft images, Our Solar System takes young readers on a fascinating tour of the sun, the eight planets, and their moons, plus asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution on this new, updated edition of his much admired book about the vast and mystifying part of the universe that we live in.
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 ridiculous June 22, 2009
e_j_buster
0 out of 16 found this review helpful
After reading only the first few pages of this book, I could see where it was headed, so I read no further. It's pretty clear that the author is an un-apologetic heliocentrist. In the introduction, he skips right over the fact that it has never been proved that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun is a ridiculous theory which goes against all observable facts.
 Choose this book! A huge hit with a 5 yr old & 8 yr old January 31, 2009
Carol C. (Kansas City, MO USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you're trying to choose between several different books on the solar system, choose this! It's beautiful and intriguing for a five year old, readable for an 8 -10 year old, and educational for folks of all ages. After a little research on amazon, I purchased three solar system/space books for a birthday gift and this book was by far the best received of the three. I have since purchased a couple more. The book is exceptionally well done with broad and lasting appeal.
The photographs are stunning and plentiful, as in a coffee-table book. Nearly every other page features a full-page photograph. The text is readable. The sentences are short and clearly-written, but they're not dumbed down in any way. There are many full pages of text, but all are double-spaced and there is abundant white space around the text, so it's not so dense as to scare off early readers. Everything about the book is child-friendly, but it's not a cute or silly kid's book in any way. I think most adults would find plenty to learn from the text and would appreciate the fact that one doesn't need an astrophysics degree to understand it.
One important note -- it's updated. Pluto no longer gets star billing. Pluto is mentioned as a dwarf or smaller planet, along with Ceres and Eris.
Overall, I highly recommend this book, and I would not hesitate to consider any other collaboration between author Seymour Simon and the Smithsonian Institution.
Beautiful Illustrations and Very Informative January 18, 2008
mom22boys (New Jersey)
My four year old showed an interest in planets, so I purchased this book as a Christmas present. My husband reads it to him before bed and they discuss it and look at all the pictures. Although the book is sophisticated, my husband and I sometimes only read parts of the book, paraphrase or just examine the pictures. It has only added to his fascination with the planets and space. Well worth the money.
A Beautiful Intro to the Solar System January 17, 2008
R. Carter
I purchased this book for my 5yo son, hoping for a good introduction to the solar system. He loves it! The pictures are beautiful and the amount of information is just right.
Must-have for children! January 7, 2008
Sarah Lou (Tallahassee, FL USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 2-year-old and 4-year-old both adore this book, and we've already read it at least 100 times. It's got amazing photographs and up-to-date information about the planets and their moons. Highly recommend!
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