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Space FAQ

Author: Valerie Wyatt
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Product: Book (40 pages)
Ages: 8 to 12
Cost: $7.95

A simple, lazy sky-watching session in a dark field can propel you through space. Just bring along Space FAQ when the big and little questions start bursting out of your brain while you’re looking up at the stars.
True to its name—(Frequently Asked Questions)—this book answers questions everyone asks all the time. Repeatedly. Even if you’ve read it front to back in a couple of hours, Space FAQ is a handy reference book to keep around.
How far, exactly, is a light-year? What’s the difference between a meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite? And what is “space” anyway? Space FAQ is a good place to start an interstellar journey. Just look out for all those asteroids along the way!

Reviewer: Dylan Czyz
Age: 9

I thought the topic was interesting because I love stars, they’re so neat. The book also looks good, and funny because of the alien on the front.
What I liked most was reading about the Big Bang, the Big Freeze, and the Big Crunch. I also especially liked the alien drawings. There was nothing I liked the least, I really enjoyed the whole book.
I learned something from reading Space FAQ too. I learned the sentence to help you remember the planets: My Very Educated Monkey Just Served Us Noodle Pudding. I also had a lot of fun reading Space FAQ. There’s nothing I would change. My overall impression is that the book was really good. Out of a score of 10, I would give Space FAQ a 10. The one word I would use to describe the book is great!

(Originally published in the Jan/Feb 2003 issue of YES Mag.)