Northern Stars PlanetariumA Sampling of Great Books
Last updated: August 26, 1999
Index
Astronomy Resources for TeachersSolar System & Space Books for Younger Readers
Astronomy Resource Books for Educators:
Braus, Judy, Editor, NatureScope: Astronomy Adventures, Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife. (YT)
Fraknoi, Andrew, Editor, The Universe at your Fingertips: An Astronomy Activity and Resource Notebook, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1995. (T)
Grice, Noreen, Touch the Stars, Boston: Charles Hayden Planetarium. A Braille astronomy book. (YTA)
Gutsch, William, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the Universe, New York: Doubleday, 1999. (YTA)
Harrington & Pascuzzi, Astronomy For All Ages, Discovering the Universe Through Activities for Children and Adults, Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994. (YTA)
Moeschl, Richard, Exploring the Sky, 100 Projects for Beginning Astronomers, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1989. (TA)
Caduto & Bruchac, Keepers of the Night, Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1994. (Native American lore and activities that involve the night environment.) (YTA)
Couper & Henbest, The Space Atlas. New York: Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992 (Good Student Book) (YT)
Dickinson, Terence, Night Watch, An Equinox Guide to Viewing the Universe, Camden House Publishing, 1983. (A good intro-book for adults and teenagers) (TA)
Gallant, Roy, The Constellations: How They Came To Be. Four Winds Press, 1979. (YT)
Krupp, E.C., Beyond the Blue Horizon: Myths and Legends of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets, New York: Harper Collins, 1991. (TA)
Krupp & Krupp, The Big Dipper and You, New York: Morrow Jumior Books, 1989. (YT)
Lovi & Tirion, Men, Monsters and the Modern Universe, Richmond, VA: Wilmann-Bell, Inc., 1989. (TA)
Lurie & Beisner, The Heavenly Zoo. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. (Animal constellation stories. Probably out of print.) (YT)
Menzel & Pasachoff, A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1983. (A good general handbook--highly reccommended) (TA)
Monroe & Williamson, They Dance in the Sky, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1987. (Native American Sky Lore) (TA)
Rey, H. A., Find The Constellations. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. (YT)
Rey, H. A., The Stars, A New Way to See Them. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. (Probably the best book for kids and adults for learrning how to see constellations) (YTA)
Ridpath, Ian, Star Tales. New York: Universe Books, 1988. (Constellation stories) (TA)
Whitney, C., Whitney's Star Finder. A. Knopf, 1981. (TA)
Boslough, John, Stephen Hawking's Universe, New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985. (A)
Goldsmith, Donald, Einstein's Greatest Blunder, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. (A)
Goldsmith, Donald, Supernova! The Exploding Star of 1987, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. (TA)
Hawking, Stephen, A Brief History of Time, New York: Bantam Books, 1988. (A)
Hawking, Stephen, Black Holes and Baby Universes, New York: Bantam Books, 1993. (TA)
Levy, David H., The Ultimate Universe, New York: Byron Press, 1998. (TA)
Alvarez, Walter, T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, New York: Vintage Books, 1997. (TA)
Bakker, Robert T., The Dinosaur Heresies, New York: Zebra Books, 1996. (TA)
Colbert, Edwin H., Dinosaurs, An Illustrated History, Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Inc., 1986. (YTA)
Degler, Teri, Everything Your Kids Ever Wanted To Know About Dinosaurs & You Were Afraid They'd Ask, New York: Birch Lane Press, 1991. (YTA)
Horner & Dobb, Dinosaur Lives, New York: Harvest Books, 1998. (TA)
Horner & Lessem, The Complete T. Rex, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. (TA)
Lambert, David, A Field Guide to Dinosaurs, New York: Avon, 1983. (YTA)
Sattler & Powzyk, The New Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary, New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1990. (YTA)
Stevenson & McGhee, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dinosaurs, New York: Alpha Books, 1998. (YTA)
Weishampel & Young, Dinosaurs of the East Coast, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1996. (TA)
Broad, William J., The Universe Below, New York: Touchstone Books, 1997. (A)
Center for Marine Conservation, The Ocean Book, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989. (T)
Coulombe, Deborah, The Seaside Naturalist, Englewoods, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984.(T)
Fox & Leslie, At The Sea's Edge, New York: Phalarope Books, 1983. (TA)
Lambert, David, Seas and Oceans, Austin, TX: Raintree, Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1994. (YT)
Mackie, Dan, Underseas, Niagara Falls: Durkin Hayes Publishing, 1987. (YT)
Sackett & Editors of Time-Life, Planet Earth: Edge of the Sea, Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983. (A)
Talbot, Frank, Under the Sea, San Francisco: Time Life Books/Nature Co., 1995. (YT)
Wells & Quigley, Explore the World of Mighty Oceans, New York: Golden Books, 1992. (YT)
Whipple & Editors of Time-Life, The Planet Earth: Restless Oceans, Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983. (A)
Williams & Williams, Random House Book of 1001 Questions and Answers About the Earth, New York: Random House, 1993. (YTA)
Branley, Franklyn M., The Planets in our Solar System, New York: Harper and Row, Harper Junior Books, 1987. (Y)
-------------------------- The Sky is Full of Stars, New York: Harper and Row, Harper Junior Books, 1981. (Y)
Cole, Joanna, The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System, New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1990. (Y)
Fradin, Dennis B., Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors, Chicago: Children's Press, New True Books, 1984. (Y)
Joels & Kennedy, The Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, New York: Balantine Books, 1988. (YTA)
Krupp & Krupp, The Big Dipper and You, New York: Morrow Jumior Books, 1989. (YT)
Lurie & Beisner, The Heavenly Zoo. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. (Animal constellation stories. Probably out of print.) (YT)
Mullane, Mike, Do Your Ears Pop in Space? New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. (YTA)
Pogue, William, How Do You Go To The Bathroom in Space? New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1985. (Younger Readers may also enjoy this Q & A book about space flight.) (YTA)
Rey, H. A., The Stars, A New Way to See Them. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. (Probably the best book for kids and adults for learrning how to see constellations) (YT)
Ride, Sally & Okie, Susan, To Space and Back, New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1986. (YT)
Winter, Jeanette, Follow the Drinking Gourd, New York: Dragonfly Books, 1988. (Y)
Wunsch, Susi Trautmann, The Adventures of Sojourner, New York: Mikaya Press, 1998 (YT)
Beatty & Chaikin, The New Solar System, 2nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (High school to college age level) (A)
Berman, Bob, Secrets of the Night Sky, New York: William Morrow & Co., 1995. (A)
Comins, Neil, What If the Moon Didn't Exist, New York: Harper Collins, 1993. (A)
Couper & Henbest, New Worlds, In Search of the Planets, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1986. (TA)
Gallant, Roy, The Day the Sky Split Apart, New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995. (A)
Gallant, Roy, Our Universe, 2nd Ed., Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1986. (YTA)
Goldsmith, Donald, The Hunt for Life on Mars, New York: Dutton, 1997. (A)
Goldsmith, Donald, Supernova! The Exploding Star of 1987, New York: St. Martins Press, 1989. (A)
Hathaway, Nancy, The Friendly Guide to the Universe, New York: Penguin Books, 1994. (TA)
Levy. David, Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, New York: Plenum Press, 1995. (A)
Miller & Hartmann, The Grand Tour: A Traveller's Guide to the Solar System, New York: Workman Publishing, 1981. (A)
Norton, Richard O., Rocks from Space, Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 1994. (A)
Petersen & Brandt, Hubble Vision, Astronomy With th Hubble Space Telescope, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. (A)
Reed, George, Dark Sky Legacy, Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1989. (A)
Spencer & Mitton, The Great Comet Crash, Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 1995. (A)
Verschuur, Gerrit, The Invisible Universe Revealed: The Story of Radio Astronomy, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1987. (A)
Couper & Henbest, The Space Atlas. New York: Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992 (Good Student Book) (YTA)
Decker & Decker, Volcano Watching. Honolulu: Hawaii Natural History Association, 1984. (An excellent resource on volcanoes) (TA)
Exploring Our Living Planet. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1983. (A)
Frazier, Kendrick and Time-Life Editors, Solar System. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1985. (A)
Miller, Russell and Time-Life Editors, Continents In Collision. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1983. (A)
Tilling, Robert, Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future. Denver: U.S. Geological Survey, 1987. (TA)
Tilling, Heliker & Wright, Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, and Future. Denver: U.S. Geological Survey, 1987. (TA)
Time-Life Editors, Volcano. Alexandria, VA: Time life Books, 1982. (A)
Walker, Bryce and Time-Life Editors, Earthquake. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books, 1982. (A)
Volcanoes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. (AT)
Weiner, Jonathan. Planet Earth, New York: Bantam Books, 1986. (A)
Hodgson, Michael, The Basic Essentials of Weather Forecasting, Merrillville, IN: ICS Books, 1992. (TA)
Lyons, Walter, The Handy Weather Answer Book, New York: Visible Ink, 1997. (TA)
Putnum, William Lowell, The Worst Weather on Earth, A History of the Mount Washington Observatory, New York: American Alpine Club, 1991. (A)
Ramsey, Dan, How to Forecast Weather, Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1983. (TA)
Schaefer & Day, A Field Guide to the Atmosphere, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. (Part of the Petersen Field Guide Series, Volume 26). (A)
Sloane, Eric, Eric Sloane's Weather Book, New York: Hawthorn/Dutton, 1952. (TA)
Wagner and Adler, The Weather SourceBook, Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994. TA)
Williams, Jack, USA Today's The Weather Book, An Easy-To-Understand Guide to the USA's Weather, New York: Vintage Books, 1992. (TA)
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