Don't buy unless you live in USA, 17 Sep 2008
Lovely book, with clear illustrations and accessible text, but useless in a practical sense unless you live in the USA.

an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation, 13 Nov 1998
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.

Don't buy unless you live in USA, 17 Sep 2008
Lovely book, with clear illustrations and accessible text, but useless in a practical sense unless you live in the USA.

an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation, 13 Nov 1998
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.

'The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books' , 28 Feb 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

plants, animals, element, measure

Do you know
how antifreeze works?
what causes global warming?
what chromatography is?

Open up this book and discover the building blocks of our world.'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Science!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

opaque
Opaque describes a material or object that you cannot see through because light does not pass through it. Wood and metal are opaque.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `light`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

scale
A set of scales is a weighing machine.
A scale is also a set of marks, with numbers, rising from low numbers to high numbers. See also balance, measure.

Very useful reference book.

Don't buy unless you live in USA, 17 Sep 2008
Lovely book, with clear illustrations and accessible text, but useless in a practical sense unless you live in the USA.

an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation, 13 Nov 1998
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.

'The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books' , 28 Feb 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

plants, animals, element, measure

Do you know
how antifreeze works?
what causes global warming?
what chromatography is?

Open up this book and discover the building blocks of our world.'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Science!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

opaque
Opaque describes a material or object that you cannot see through because light does not pass through it. Wood and metal are opaque.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `light`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

scale
A set of scales is a weighing machine.
A scale is also a set of marks, with numbers, rising from low numbers to high numbers. See also balance, measure.

Very useful reference book.

`This `gob-smacking' guide gives you mind-boggling information about our galaxy.......and beyond.', 08 Mar 2007
`First there was the Big Bang.
Then our galaxy was born.
Now we're all hurtling through space at the speed of light, along with billions and billions of other planets, stars, satellites, meteors, comets, asteroids, meteorites and goodness only know what else.
Jump up and down with excitement as you're whisked away on a grand tour of the solar system, where you'll go skiing on Mars and meet the sad creature from Pluto.
Gasp at some incredible facts about red giants, white dwarves and supernovas.
Plus....find out what happens when a bloke called Sid gets too close to a black hole.'

If you have read the `Murderous Maths' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which Kjartan Poskitt puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.

`Warning!
Before reading this book you must prepare your brain.
Why?
Because what you are going to find out is so mind-boggling amazing that your jaw might drop off and hit the floor.
Of course, it wouldn't be so bad if this was just a made up story book, but what's really freaky is that EVEYTHING IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE!
It's completely gob-smacking.
Just to give you an idea of what your head is going to have to deal with, imagine looking up on a clear dark night.
The stars are pretty awesome on their own, but what about the black area behind them? What is it? Who put it there? How far away is it?
And the freakiest question of all......is there anything on the other side?
Even the cleverest people can only guess the answer, but this book is going to take you out there so you can decide for yourself.
Be ready to grit your teeth, though, because along the way it isn't just pretty little stars twinkling away!......'

159 pages, split over 9 chapters:-

What is a galaxy anyway?
What can you see?
Sky spotting: how to get started
Some good things to look out for in the sky
Build your own solar system
Space travel
Let's pop in on the neighbours:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Planet X

Welcome to deep space
Across the horizon of time

Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout.


Please, please buy this book, 14 Dec 2003
Do you know anything about the galaxy, space, stars, asteroids, planets or books? No? Then buy this one. It will tell you everything you ever wanted know about the subject (well, alright, not everything, but close enough) and you will probably actually remember it - unlike reading a textbook. I bought this book about three years ago, and I really can't count how many times I've read it. Impress everyone you meet with the expert knowledge and witty humour you will (probably) accumulate during reading this.

And by the way, if the answer to the above question was "yes", then I formally challenge you to see if you knew every single thing mentioned in this book before you read it. If you've already read it, of course, that's cheating.

Second Best kids space book after Activators:Astronomy, 12 May 2001
..somebody gave [this] to me at my eighth birthday party. Now I still read it ; I am ten. It is good, but not the besr kids space book ever.

Fabulous, 22 Apr 1999
I used this book to teach everything that my year 6 class needed to know for the SAT's in just one 55 minute lesson. They were in stiches at the content (especially the make-believe aliens), and they can still remember even the smallest of details. Kjartan Poskitt brings the Gobsmacking Galaxy to life, and certainly made my life, and that of my pupils, a little easier. Thank you.

Funniest book I've ever read,I have learned a lot from it, 20 Feb 1999
This book is gobsmacking brilliant!I have learned that the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt is called CERES.This book is hilarious! EXCELLENT!

Don't buy unless you live in USA, 17 Sep 2008
Lovely book, with clear illustrations and accessible text, but useless in a practical sense unless you live in the USA.

an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation, 13 Nov 1998
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.

'The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books' , 28 Feb 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

plants, animals, element, measure

Do you know
how antifreeze works?
what causes global warming?
what chromatography is?

Open up this book and discover the building blocks of our world.'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Science!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

opaque
Opaque describes a material or object that you cannot see through because light does not pass through it. Wood and metal are opaque.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `light`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

scale
A set of scales is a weighing machine.
A scale is also a set of marks, with numbers, rising from low numbers to high numbers. See also balance, measure.

Very useful reference book.

`This `gob-smacking' guide gives you mind-boggling information about our galaxy.......and beyond.', 08 Mar 2007
`First there was the Big Bang.
Then our galaxy was born.
Now we're all hurtling through space at the speed of light, along with billions and billions of other planets, stars, satellites, meteors, comets, asteroids, meteorites and goodness only know what else.
Jump up and down with excitement as you're whisked away on a grand tour of the solar system, where you'll go skiing on Mars and meet the sad creature from Pluto.
Gasp at some incredible facts about red giants, white dwarves and supernovas.
Plus....find out what happens when a bloke called Sid gets too close to a black hole.'

If you have read the `Murderous Maths' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which Kjartan Poskitt puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.

`Warning!
Before reading this book you must prepare your brain.
Why?
Because what you are going to find out is so mind-boggling amazing that your jaw might drop off and hit the floor.
Of course, it wouldn't be so bad if this was just a made up story book, but what's really freaky is that EVEYTHING IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE!
It's completely gob-smacking.
Just to give you an idea of what your head is going to have to deal with, imagine looking up on a clear dark night.
The stars are pretty awesome on their own, but what about the black area behind them? What is it? Who put it there? How far away is it?
And the freakiest question of all......is there anything on the other side?
Even the cleverest people can only guess the answer, but this book is going to take you out there so you can decide for yourself.
Be ready to grit your teeth, though, because along the way it isn't just pretty little stars twinkling away!......'

159 pages, split over 9 chapters:-

What is a galaxy anyway?
What can you see?
Sky spotting: how to get started
Some good things to look out for in the sky
Build your own solar system
Space travel
Let's pop in on the neighbours:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Planet X

Welcome to deep space
Across the horizon of time

Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout.


Please, please buy this book, 14 Dec 2003
Do you know anything about the galaxy, space, stars, asteroids, planets or books? No? Then buy this one. It will tell you everything you ever wanted know about the subject (well, alright, not everything, but close enough) and you will probably actually remember it - unlike reading a textbook. I bought this book about three years ago, and I really can't count how many times I've read it. Impress everyone you meet with the expert knowledge and witty humour you will (probably) accumulate during reading this.

And by the way, if the answer to the above question was "yes", then I formally challenge you to see if you knew every single thing mentioned in this book before you read it. If you've already read it, of course, that's cheating.

Second Best kids space book after Activators:Astronomy, 12 May 2001
..somebody gave [this] to me at my eighth birthday party. Now I still read it ; I am ten. It is good, but not the besr kids space book ever.

Fabulous, 22 Apr 1999
I used this book to teach everything that my year 6 class needed to know for the SAT's in just one 55 minute lesson. They were in stiches at the content (especially the make-believe aliens), and they can still remember even the smallest of details. Kjartan Poskitt brings the Gobsmacking Galaxy to life, and certainly made my life, and that of my pupils, a little easier. Thank you.

Funniest book I've ever read,I have learned a lot from it, 20 Feb 1999
This book is gobsmacking brilliant!I have learned that the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt is called CERES.This book is hilarious! EXCELLENT!

`Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for 8 years+', 01 Mar 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

computers, measure, number, shape, probability and statistics, famous mathematicians


Do you know
what a pie chart is?
how to find the volume of a cube?
how many sides a dodecagon has?

Open up this book and find answers to all your maths problems!'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Maths!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

radius
The radius is the length of a straight line from the centre of a circle to its circumference.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `circumference`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

product
The product is the answer you get when you multiply together two or more numbers. The product of 2 and 3 is 6 (2 x 3 = 6). See also multiply.
Very useful reference book.

Don't buy unless you live in USA, 17 Sep 2008
Lovely book, with clear illustrations and accessible text, but useless in a practical sense unless you live in the USA.

an excellent glow in the dark book on familiar constellation, 13 Nov 1998
This book offers the novice astonomer, young and old alike, an excellent way to find the common constellations, by comparing the glow in the dark pictures to the night sky. It also contains brief stories about each constellation shown.

'The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books' , 28 Feb 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Science' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

plants, animals, element, measure

Do you know
how antifreeze works?
what causes global warming?
what chromatography is?

Open up this book and discover the building blocks of our world.'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Science!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

opaque
Opaque describes a material or object that you cannot see through because light does not pass through it. Wood and metal are opaque.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `light`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

scale
A set of scales is a weighing machine.
A scale is also a set of marks, with numbers, rising from low numbers to high numbers. See also balance, measure.

Very useful reference book.

`This `gob-smacking' guide gives you mind-boggling information about our galaxy.......and beyond.', 08 Mar 2007
`First there was the Big Bang.
Then our galaxy was born.
Now we're all hurtling through space at the speed of light, along with billions and billions of other planets, stars, satellites, meteors, comets, asteroids, meteorites and goodness only know what else.
Jump up and down with excitement as you're whisked away on a grand tour of the solar system, where you'll go skiing on Mars and meet the sad creature from Pluto.
Gasp at some incredible facts about red giants, white dwarves and supernovas.
Plus....find out what happens when a bloke called Sid gets too close to a black hole.'

If you have read the `Murderous Maths' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which Kjartan Poskitt puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.

`Warning!
Before reading this book you must prepare your brain.
Why?
Because what you are going to find out is so mind-boggling amazing that your jaw might drop off and hit the floor.
Of course, it wouldn't be so bad if this was just a made up story book, but what's really freaky is that EVEYTHING IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE!
It's completely gob-smacking.
Just to give you an idea of what your head is going to have to deal with, imagine looking up on a clear dark night.
The stars are pretty awesome on their own, but what about the black area behind them? What is it? Who put it there? How far away is it?
And the freakiest question of all......is there anything on the other side?
Even the cleverest people can only guess the answer, but this book is going to take you out there so you can decide for yourself.
Be ready to grit your teeth, though, because along the way it isn't just pretty little stars twinkling away!......'

159 pages, split over 9 chapters:-

What is a galaxy anyway?
What can you see?
Sky spotting: how to get started
Some good things to look out for in the sky
Build your own solar system
Space travel
Let's pop in on the neighbours:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Planet X

Welcome to deep space
Across the horizon of time

Black and white illustrations/cartoons throughout.


Please, please buy this book, 14 Dec 2003
Do you know anything about the galaxy, space, stars, asteroids, planets or books? No? Then buy this one. It will tell you everything you ever wanted know about the subject (well, alright, not everything, but close enough) and you will probably actually remember it - unlike reading a textbook. I bought this book about three years ago, and I really can't count how many times I've read it. Impress everyone you meet with the expert knowledge and witty humour you will (probably) accumulate during reading this.

And by the way, if the answer to the above question was "yes", then I formally challenge you to see if you knew every single thing mentioned in this book before you read it. If you've already read it, of course, that's cheating.

Second Best kids space book after Activators:Astronomy, 12 May 2001
..somebody gave [this] to me at my eighth birthday party. Now I still read it ; I am ten. It is good, but not the besr kids space book ever.

Fabulous, 22 Apr 1999
I used this book to teach everything that my year 6 class needed to know for the SAT's in just one 55 minute lesson. They were in stiches at the content (especially the make-believe aliens), and they can still remember even the smallest of details. Kjartan Poskitt brings the Gobsmacking Galaxy to life, and certainly made my life, and that of my pupils, a little easier. Thank you.

Funniest book I've ever read,I have learned a lot from it, 20 Feb 1999
This book is gobsmacking brilliant!I have learned that the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt is called CERES.This book is hilarious! EXCELLENT!

`Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for 8 years+', 01 Mar 2007
`The `Oxford Children's A-Z of Mathematics' is part of a series of large-format, illustrated subject reference books for children of eight years+.
Over 300 alphabetical entries are clearly explained, with special features on key topics of:-

computers, measure, number, shape, probability and statistics, famous mathematicians


Do you know
what a pie chart is?
how to find the volume of a cube?
how many sides a dodecagon has?

Open up this book and find answers to all your maths problems!'

64 glossy, high quality pages with full colour illustrations throughout, designed to take the strain out of Maths!

Each entry has a blue, lower case title and just enough information, e.gs.:-

radius
The radius is the length of a straight line from the centre of a circle to its circumference.
Other geographical words which are referenced, ie `circumference`, in this case, are highlighted in a bold font and also appear, defined, in the book.

product
The product is the answer you get when you multiply together two or more numbers. The product of 2 and 3 is 6 (2 x 3 = 6). See also multiply.
Very useful reference book.




Hours of amusement for all the family!, 20 Jun 2007
This book is brilliant. It is stuffed full of fantastic illustrations and facts. An ideal gift for a child who loves minibeasts.