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This book is a pleasure to read, and one which I expect to read over and over through the years. I'm glad it has such thick pages and is very securely bound, as it will certainly get a lot of use. I've already recommended it to other home educators, and would recommend this for any child with any interest in space. I wouldn't limit this book to children though. I feel this could have quite a lot of appeal to adults as well. It would make a wonderful coffee table book, or conversation starter, as well as being a fun and informative book for adults as well as children. I wouldn't want this to be our only book on space, although in fact it does cover nearly as much as all the others combined, simply because I would want at least one with more detailed, life -like illustrations. but the uniqueness of the illustrations really adds to this book as well. Of course , I have come to expect 'unique' from ''Flying Eye Books''

It does , however , have one single flaw. Under the section ''Moon Facts'', one common misconception is repeated. The book states that the astronauts had to wear heavy boots on the moon to keep from floating into space. This isn't true, but it is a widely believed myth. My son realised right away that the boots would weigh less than the astronauts, and if they were in a true zero -gravity environment, as the they were in the capsule, the boots would not weigh anything either. In fact, even a feather will fall to the ground on the moon, something we watched from the old Apollo footage ourselves, it just falls more slowly. Despite this error, I simply can not bring myself to give this book less than five stars. We have never had a book which so completely engaged the whole family, and in all honesty, my son delights in finding mistakes in books. If anything, this added to his enjoyment of the book - and in around a round about way led to studying Galileo, Newton, and gravity. It is a small error which parents should be aware of, and discuss with their children, but it has the potential to add even more enjoyment to this book by encouraging independent study, and teaching children to always question anything that doesn't sound quite right to them. This could very easily lead to a whole generation of future scientists.