Space

by Deni Bown, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Overview

Each book contains more than 60 high-quality, reusable stickers, specially selected from the Eyewitness archive for their visual appeal and annotated with informative labels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564584021
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	09/15/1993
Series:	Ultimate Sticker Books Series
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	8.08(w) x 10.04(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 4-6Intended for casual browsing, these slim volumes feature cutaway illustrations, haphazardly labeled and surrounded by brief comments or anecdotes. A dozen spacecraft float through Space, from a Mercury capsule to the Hubble telescope, including Voskhod 2 and an Ariane rocket; the Cars depicted are evenly split between racing models and classics like the Austin Mini and a '57 Cadillac. The illustrators attempt to add individuality to each scene with human figuresa female astronaut demonstrates the ``Manned (!) Maneuvering Unit,'' for instance, and a wounded soldier lies in the jeepbut much of the fine detail has been simplified, and the paintings have a generic look. Snippets of historical information and performance data make up the text; labels use mostly Americans terms (but mufflers are called ``exhaust silencers''). Adequate, if unspectacular, alternatives to the ``Easy Read Fact Books'' (Watts) and other lookalike series.John Peters, New York Public Library

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