Top 10 Astronomy and Space Books for Kids

By Faith Mcnulty, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) -- This book is written in the second person and tells you the most important information you need to know if you go to the moon. I especially appreciated the information on how to get home. You know, just in case...

By Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) -- This is an excellent kids book that discusses the movements, location, and characteristics of the nine known planets of our solar system.

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson; Bill Slavin -- Like its companion book in this series, Discover the Planets, this delightful book provides a fun and educational look at the "final frontier." This book should definitely be added to your young reader's library.

By Kenneth Wright (Editor) -- From the folks at Scholastic, this is the same quality that you're used to. Young astronomers will definitely enjoy the high quality images that accompany the text.

By Paul Collicutt -- Here's an excellent book dealing with rockets from where they came from to where they are going. The illustrations will capture younger readers while older kids will enjoy the story.

By Cynthia Pratt Nicolson; Bill Slavin -- Like its companion book, Discover Space, it's fun & educational at the same time. The two should definitely sit side by side in your young reader's library.

By Tim Haines, Christopher Riley -- Published to accompany the Discovery television series of the same title, this book uses eye-catching color images & fictional first person accounts of space travel (based on the experiences of real astronauts) to tell the imagined story of a 6-year space mission. Your future astronaut will get a thrill from following the adventurers in this book.

By Tim Furniss -- Here is a fantastic look at those incredible machines which carry astronauts and supplies into space.

By Jacqueline Mitton, Christina Balit -- This fun, beautifully illustrated book teaches young readers about the twelve constellations and the stars that form them. This is a great place to start for those future astronomers.

By Eduardo Banquieri -- From the origin of the universe to the international space station, this book gives readers an up-close look at planet Earth and its solar system. Add this one to your space library, in the solar system section.