Beyond the Stars

by Kate Riggs, Chris Sheban

Overview

Take this shuttle to the stars in an innovative board book based on scientific concepts of space travel, with fictional twists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568463360
Publisher:	The Creative Company
Publication date:	03/12/2019
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 10.12(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	320L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

Editorial Reviews

2019-01-28

Who would guess that the wonders of outer space include not only stars and planets, but astro-dogs and cookies and milk?

Printed on heavy, coated stock that unfolds in stages into a wall hanging, this extraterrestrial flight of fancy features a rocket at its center with an enthralled child peering through a large porthole at a succession of marvels. These include but are not confined to ringed planets, a flaming meteor, the International Space Station, a grinning, green-skinned ET flashing a "peace" sign, a mouse nibbling on a ragged moon, and an astronaut calling in an order to a floating pizza parlor. Along with posing the question "Are cookies found in the Milky Way?" Riggs' five-sentence narrative includes a "Greetings, Earthlings!" from the alien and an exuberant observation at the end: "Many worlds await beyond the stars!" Sheban casts a low, mysterious glow over his crowded starscape, too dim to determine the ethnic identities of his human figures but bright enough to make out, for instance, a pair of canine space travelers and the yummy snack (see above) suspended in space amid the shadowy planets and satellites.

A droll mix of science and silliness just right for a bedtime flight. (Novelty board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews