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By Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano (Author) , Michael Carroll (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Feb 1, 2012

Age Range: 8 - 12

Oh, my stars! As the cover proclaims, a black hole may not be an actual hole, but readers will be glad they fell into this book.
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INSIDE STARS

By Andra Serlin Abramson (Author) , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (Author)

Pub Date: Oct 1, 2011

Age Range: 10 - 13

This slender survey of the observable universe spreads itself a little thin but features plenty of foldouts and dramatic sky art.
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WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT PLANET EARTH?

By Robert E. Wells (Author) , Robert E. Wells (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Sep 1, 2009

Age Range: 5 - 9

Wells explores the characteristics that make Earth capable of sustaining life.
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MISSION TO THE MOON

By Alan Dyer (Author)

Pub Date: May 5, 2009

Age Range: 8 - 12

Attractively packaged by the same publisher of the INsiders series, this oversized volume is one of the many moon books coming out in anticipation of the Apollo 11 anniversary.
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YOU ARE THE FIRST KID ON MARS

By Patrick O’Brien (Author) , Patrick O’Brien (Illustrator)

Pub Date: May 1, 2009

Age Range: 6 - 9

Pairing a present-tense text to photorealistic digital paintings, O'Brien invites readers to take an entirely credible journey to Mars.
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MOONSHOT

The Flight of Apollo 11

By Brian Floca (Author) , Brian Floca (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Apr 7, 2009

Age Range: 7 - 12

A dizzying, masterful command of visual pacing combines with an acute sense of verbal rhythms to provide a glorious account of the Apollo 11 mission, one that stands as the must-buy in this crowded lunar season.
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