Meet the Planets

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This follow up to Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave is by the award-winning illustrator Jessica Hische. It encourages children to spread kindness in their community by being grateful, kind and helpful. Her inspirational words and scenes are brought to life vividly with her colourful hand-lettering and drawings. A mouse, cat, and rabbit highlight the many ways to express empathy and compassion – such as running over to help when somebody falls off a scooter. The western obsession with stuff means we are at a tipping point of material saturation and clutter. This very funny rhyming woodland book from the creator of the modern classic Meerkat Mail – about two hoarding Magpies who ram their nest with too much stuff, including a car and a pram – might help educate young children about the consequences of always wanting more… but I doubt it. Based in the same forest as Gravett’s award-winning Tidy, it features many woodland animals, including Tidy’s Pete the badger. Our finding likely means that the atmosphere extends a little beyond the shore of the magma ocean, making it easier to spot with space telescopes. 55 Cancri e, almost twice the diameter of Earth, is another possible lava world, as seen in this artist’s concept. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech.

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I have read this story repeatedly with a cohort of Reception children who have enjoyed hearing it time after time, really getting to know the personalities of these planets to help them remember their attributes Does your child have trouble falling off to sleep? This dreamy bedtime book about an exhausted lion who just can’t drop off to sleep is the perfect antidote with its gentle mindfulness message. It’s by Catherine Raynor, the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator whose other titles include the critically acclaimed Solomon Crocodile and the award-winning Smelly Louie. This is perfect to read and enjoy with anyone interested in learning about space. With its rhythmic rhyming couplets, the text encourages engagement from the audience as you use your knowledge about space to anticipate the next rhyme. The fact that it is a young girl who is interested in space and becomes an astronaut adds more layers to this extremely well presented book, squashing that 'scientist' stereotype. Planets that orbit close to their stars tend, of course, to be a lot hotter than those that are farther away, for example, Mercury and Venus in our solar system. But in some solar systems, there are planets that orbit their stars even closer than Mercury, the closest planet to our sun. Some of these extreme worlds are referred to as lava planets, where scientists think that at least part of their surfaces are covered by molten magma oceans. York University’s Tue Giang Nguyen is lead author of the study, published November 3, 2020, in the peer-reviewed journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Nguyen said in a statement:

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The Costa Novel Award-winning Maggie O’Farrell’s debut illustrated children’s book is much anticipated. It is based on a story she told her children at bedtime, about a girl who creates her own guardian angel while playing one wintry day. O’Farrell said: “I have always thought of the picture book as a unique and pervasive art form, and one that has the potential to reach people from a very young age, sometimes staying with them for life.” The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have... Told in delightful story format this is a perfect, informative introduction to the planets. The dazzling illustrations by Bethan Woollvin brings the space journey to life and gives each planet endearing personality. It's a fun, fact-filled voyage that makes the mystery of the universe feel both real yet familiar, bringing it within the reach of little minds and making it memorable. No doubt after reading this, children will be chanting the verses, imitating the artwork and building on the learning.

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So, what makes a good children’s book? The children’s buyer at Waterstones, Florentyna Martin, says: “The real gems are the ones that appeal equally to children and adults, and they are also perhaps the most difficult to get right. If a parent or guardian is going to read their child’s favourite story night after night (after night after night) then a strong narrative, good characters and engaging illustrations are key ingredients. The steady beat of a rhyme and the occasional dash of humour will also go a long way to sparking that first love of a book.” This picture book is a very enjoyable text to read-aloud as each planet is given a comical personality to reflect its assets - which is fun and humorous when it comes to adding that expression! Venus is the 'goddess of beauty' and Jupiter is 'king of the planets', whilst Saturn is 'your beautiful queen'. Bethan Woollvin has matched her illustrations to compliment and personify the words to contribute to the personalities of the planets.The researchers now want to further test their calculations about K2-141b. They will now use data from the Spitzer Space Telescope to determine more specific temperatures for the day side and night side of the planet. Later, they plan to use the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST), due to launch in 2021, to analyze the atmosphere. Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his...