Children's Astronomy

Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this fun and factual biography series! How did Neil Armstrong become the first person to set foot on the moon? Long before that astonishing day in 1969, Armstrong was already dreaming of journeys above the clouds, visiting air shows and gaining his pilot’s license aged just fifteen. Find out how this flight-obsessed astronaut went on to take on...

Explore the moon from all angles, from its place in the night sky and our solar system to its role in shaping human history and culture. Through gorgeous illustrations and photography, see the moon like you've never seen it before. Read myths of the moon's creation from around the world. Discover the science of how the moon actually formed. Learn all about the moon's effects on Earth's tides and imagine ...

With a foreword by Maggie Aderin-Pocock, budding astronomers will love this stunning, new approach to stargazing, featuring step-by-step guides to identifying the key constellations across the northern hemisphere, StarFinder for Beginners makes the night sky easier to navigate than ever before.

What’s in space? Where did it come from? And how do we know? See Inside Space by Katie Daynes and Peter Allen is a flap book of astronomical proportions, packed with facts and information about the stars, planets and the universe.

The latest addition to the "National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books Series", "Little Kids First Big Book of Space" is a visually compelling and approachable first reference book for 4-8 year olds who are eager to have their very own big books. Featuring fun, short entries about planets, stars, galaxies, and more, this charming book is perfect for reading aloud or for beginning readers to enjoy by th...

The Professor Astro Cat’s – Frontiers of Space is an illustrated book for children explaining everything about the sun, our planet, the solar system, our galaxy and the Universe with entertaining text and fantastic illustrations.

Everything young explorers needs to know to travel in space, covering what life in zero gravity is like, how to find your way around the solar system, and the all-important question of how to pee in a spacesuit! Unique illustrations take kids to the heart of the action and amazing photos show what the universe is really like. Incredible stories of real-life space exploration for kids aged 8 and up, by autho...

Learn something about everything and discover the world as you've never seen it before with exploded images of everyday objects from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate! Each image has 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster that takes young readers on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that if you shaved a tiger its skin is stripy? Or that your skeleton replaces itself every 10 ye...

Amazing answers to more than 200 awesome space questions! Do You Know About Space? takes the reader on a galactic journey to answer all the probing questions children ask about space. What is a shooting star? Why is Jupiter stripy? Is anyone else out there? Featuring the most amazing space pictures from NASA, as well as the latest space news, this is a book perfect for young space fans as well as children n...

A fun activity book for 5-8 year olds, this exciting sticker book is full of awesome images of the planets and galaxies. With over 150 reusable stickers the book is a perfect introduction to the ever popular topic of the planets and intergalactic space. An introduction to the ever-popular topic of space and the amazing worlds that make up our solar system. Written in clear and easy-to-follow language and pa...

An out-of-this-world exploration of the 1969 Moon landing from children's science expert Seymour Simon! In July of 1969, NASA sent the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the Moon. Inside were three people: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. They went into lunar orbit a few days later. More than a hundred hours after launch, the word came back: "The Eagle has landed!" In this exciting account of the fa...

Bring stars, planets and spacecraft into your bedroom with this fantastic projector torch. Swap and change the projection domes easily by twisting and pulling them off the torch. Simply shine the torch around your room and turn your bedroom into a glowing galaxy. When the torch is not in use the on/off switch, the rim of the torch and the dome adaptor glow in the dark, making the torch easy to find in your ...

ASTRONAUTS is the game that takes you to the edge of the solar system. An astronomically great game that’s fun, easy to learn, educational and highly addictive. Astronauts is the ultimate space game as you race your opponents to explore the planets and moons of our solar system and then return safely back to Earth. Explore Mars, the moons of Jupiter, Saturn’s rings, Neptune, the Kuiper Belt and more a...

The Children’s Map of the Solar System is a superb laminated wall map for little astronomers and astronauts eager to learn about the world beyond ours.

A fact-packed fun book of space themed puzzles. Test your knowledge and get thinking with this fact-packed National Geographic Kids fun book of space themed puzzles. Inside are brain-tickling quizzes as well as number games, crosswords and word searches, with fascinating facts along the way.

With this incredible 85 cm diameter Solar System Mobile you can explore the wonders of the universe from the comfort of your own bedroom! This Remote Controlled, motorised mobile has nine planets that actually orbit the sun; the sun also lights up and casts its glow on the detailed coloured planets.