The Largest Planet: Jupiter

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Children's Literature - Barbara L. Talcroft

With its large square pages and poster-bright pictures, the "Amazing Science: Planet" series is designed to have maximum visual appeal for young space explorers. It largely succeeds, presenting quite a bit of information about each planet in nine double-page spreads (liberally sprinkled with "Fun Facts" boxes) that show sizes, composition, surfaces, orbits, rotations, and something about each planet's exploration. Readers are introduced to mighty Jupiter through the name it shares with the king of Roman gods. Pictures and text explain Jupiter's brightness, its speedy rotation, its gassy composition, and its moving bands of clouds. While this huge planet is famous for its readily-visible red spot, readers will learn that Jupiter also has four large moons and about sixty smaller ones (an asteroid belt circles between Jupiter and Mars). Suggesting flat acrylic paintings, Yesh's illustrations are actually created through digital media. Though not realistic in style, their brilliant colors on dark backgrounds make them eye-catching, often glowing, and sometimes action-filled; especially striking here is an illustration of Jupiter's four large moons shown with Galileo, their discoverer. Loewen suggests a simple science/math project in which students draw overlapping circles to compare the diameters of the planets. Includes a glossary, a short bibliography of children's books about the planet, and a few more Jupiter facts, such as that its Great Red Spot was discovered in 1664. This lively series should be fun for budding astronomers; who knows, it might inspire some planetary poetry or astronomical art. Reviewer: Barbara L. Talcroft

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ISBN-13: 9781404839526
Publisher: Capstone Press
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Series: Amazing Science: Planets Series
Pages: 24
Sales rank: 930,497
Age range: 5 - 9 Years
Product dimensions: 10.10 (w) x 10.10 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Think Big     4
King of the Planets     6
One of the Brightest     8
Super Spin     10
Under Pressure     12
Zones and Belts     14
The Great Red Spot     16
Moon Magnet     18
The Galilean Moons     20
Planets Big and Small     22
Fun Facts     23
Glossary     23
To Learn More     24
Index     24

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