Discusses the stars, their composition, and characteristics, with actual photographs.

"Did you know that stars last for billions of years? Some stars shrink and turn white when they are very old. Find out more in Stars, one of the titles in the Discovering Space series"--

Eager to have a star of his own, a boy devises imaginative ways of catching one.

Describes stars and constellations throughout the year and ways of identifying them.

"Children will learn how stars are formed, why they seem to move across our sky and how we have used their patterns to form the constellations ... This program is based on the concepts outlined in the 'National Science Education Content Standards' for earth science."--Container.

A is for Andromeda, our neighbor galaxy. B is for Big Dipper, that's an easy one to see. John Farrell takes kids on a rhyming tour of the night sky, from A to Z, with spectacular full-color photographs and facts about the wonders of space. From distant Andromeda, a galaxy made up of billions of stars, to the constellation of the zodiac, Farrell covers the high points of outer space. How do you find Jupiter or Venus? How does the Moon cause the tides...

"Ancient people from many different cultures all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by "drawing" a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures--constellations--represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us today. Author Stephanie Sabol relates many of the most popular constellation stories and explains what stars actually are: how they formed, why they die, and how they're...

Did you know that we can see different stars each season? Some stars are clearer in certain seasons. Discover more in Stars, a title in the Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles series.

"A star falls to earth where it becomes a baby and is embraced and cared for by the community"--