Learn about Space – Stars, Planets, Solar System – First Facts for Kids

Goss Castle brings young children another incredible book, packed-full of stunning images of planets, facts about the universe and fun activities for kids who love space.
Ideal book for reading aloud in a classroom-reading session at school! ‘Learn about Space’ is told as a journey into space, full of questions to get kids engaged with the text, and stacked with incredible facts about the universe.
Goss Castle presents ‘Learn about Space’, a wonderful introduction to space, which gets kids excited about the solar system, planets and stars!

Research has shown that engaging with nature (including things out of this world!) from a young age is beneficial for children’s happiness and wellbeing, and also encourages curiosity and environmentally-friendly behaviour throughout life.
This book includes interesting questions and an interactive narrative to encourage children to take a moment to think about space and the world we live in. It contains fun space facts to help children to get familiar with this out-of-this-world subject and is beautifully presented with highly detailed, full page photographs of space and planets throughout.

Written in a way to engage young children, the book inspires a love of space.

• Visit Mars and learn why it’s called the Red Planet. You can even see a photo taken by The NASA Perseverance Rover!
• Learn about Black Holes – those strange areas in space where big old stars have run out of energy and shrunk into a tiny hole.
• Get up close with the moon and find out how important it is for planet Earth.
• Stunning satellite images of space, planets and asteroids.

Get the perfect starter book for teaching young children about our incredible universe, how we get into space and what planets are up there. Ideal for early educational years reading at home and for EYFS, nursery, KS1 (Key Stage 1), preschool and kindergarten teachers in school.

This Goss Castle children’s book about space includes bonus activities:

• Comprehension questions to get kids talking about the content in the book – How many planets are in our solar system? What sort of planet is Pluto?
• Facts about Space – who was first human to step foot on the moon? Who was the first woman in space?
• Mindful ideas to get kids thinking about the universe – Look up at the sky. How many stars can you see? Do you think anything lives on another planet?
• Draw your own spaceship
• Moon Maze! Help Dash to find the spaceship on the other side of the moon!

A perfect gift for boys and girls who love space, the universe and learning about planets.

A great stocking filler for kids with inquisitive minds!
Are you ready to explore space? 3, 2, 1… Lift Off!