Astro Kittens: Into The Unknown

by Dominic Walliman, Ben Newman (Illustrator)

Overview

Greetings, my little Astro Kittens! Are you ready to take off on your first space adventure? Join Professor Astro Cat as we head Into the Unknown, in an adventure for pre-K age kids to spark their interest in science!

What would life be like on another planet? It might be difficult to imagine, but scientific exploration and development is evolving so fast that it might not be an impossibility. From holidays on the moon to discovering aliens, this beautifully illustrated board book explore some of the research that is taking us one step closer to discovering what life might be like in the unknown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912497270
Publisher:	Nobrow Ltd.
Publication date:	10/08/2019
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	1,151,405
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Dominic Walliman is a YouTuber and a non-fiction children’s book author. He has a popular YouTube channel called Domain of Science and he writes the award winning Professor Astro Cat science books for children. Dominic grew up in Cheltenham UK, gained a PhD in quantum device physics from The University of Birmingham and worked for several years in the quantum computing industry in Canada.

Ben Newman is an award-winning illustrator who has racked up an impressive list of clients including Penguin, the BBC, and the New York Times, amongst many others. He is the illustrator for the entire Astro Cat series, which consists of two board books, two books for young readers, four books for elementary age children, and one activity book.

Editorial Reviews

Once dinosaurs have begun to seem passé, space is the place for many toddlers, and the Astro Kittens are excellent guides.”
—Kirkus Reviews

"Bright, informative, and simple enough for the preschool crowd, this book is a fun way to introduce science-fiction concepts to young children. If you have ever thought about making a journey to a distant planet, how we might survive and what we might find- or even if you just like science- this is a fun read to share with preschoolers."
—YA Books Central

"Into The Unknown looks at the things that are in space. Wormholes, what living arrangements might look like, light speed, the long sleep that we’d take getting out there and more are covered in the book. They’re done at a macro level so that adults can read it to small children. The content is timeless and the illustrations drawn kids in so that they can’t help but learn."
—DaddyMojo

From the Publisher

2019-11-24
Once dinosaurs have begun to seem passé, space is the place for many toddlers, and the Astro Kittens are excellent guides.

Together with Astro Kittens: Cosmic Machines, its companion volume in this spinoff of the Professor Astro Cat series, this board book promises to present "advanced scientific theories through fun and engaging artwork"—and manages to do so without talking down to children. Both books are information-dense, but, for the most part, ideas are introduced in manageable bites. Concepts covered include rockets, traveling at light speed, wormholes, suspended animation, and the possibility of "alien life forms." Astro Kittens: Cosmic Machines introduces telescopes (including the Hubble Space Telescope), the International Space Station, and even the "ideal rocket equation," derived from "Newton's second law of motion," which few caregivers will able to verbalize unless they're also astrophysicists! Explaining wormholes to little ones will seem like child's play by comparison. All of this would seem too much if not for the adorable Astro Kittens and the kid-friendly artwork and the inviting, "just imagine" tone of the writing. Each idea is presented with two easily digested statements and an annotated illustration explaining rocket or satellite parts, historical facts about space exploration, and the like. The adventurous Astro Kittens clearly love their work, and they seem equally at home piloting spacecraft, spacewalking, or floating in zero gravity.

Sure to fire imaginations and inspire questions caregivers may struggle good-naturedly to answer. (Board book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews