The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) by Franklyn Mansfield Branley


The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
Title : The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
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ISBN : 0064451003
ISBN-10 : 9780064451000
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 32
Publication : First published January 1, 1962

Read and find out about the stars and how to find the Big Dipper in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Are the stars out tonight? If they are, chances are you'll be able to spot the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper is one of the easiest constellations to recognize, and this book will help young stargazers find it, as well as its companion, the Little Dipper. And once you've begun to learn about the constellations, the sky's the limit! This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, and is sure to inspire skygazing. This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series Top 10 reasons to love Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

The Big Dipper (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) Reviews

  • Michael Fitzgerald

    I love the colors - big spreads with that wonderful blue and purple and 1960s magenta alternating with black-and-white spreads which make excellent use of shades of gray. Emberley is an interesting illustrator who does so much just with little straight lines.

    The first-person narrative makes for a pleasant change. It's also nice that this book is so focused - it's not about constellations or astronomy. We learn about the big and little dippers (and the big and little bears) and how they appear in summer and winter, the North Star, and that's about it. Very relaxed, with about four lines (max of eight) on each page, mostly only one page per spread.

  • Katie Fitzgerald

    I enjoyed this book, which gives a very basic astronomy lesson focused on just the big and little dippers. With its minimal text and colorful illustrations, this is a perfect book to share with a preschooler who is interested in space but isn't ready for a lot of information all at once.

  • Elizabeth

    ATOS 3.1

  • Sarah

    Some pretty detailed information about this constellation- on a kindergarten or first-grade level!

  • Mellanie C

    This is a good one for budding astronomers.

  • Angela

    I like how facts are woven into a story.

  • Ali

    A very educational book about the big Dipper. I thought it was ok, but not outstanding.

  • Emma

    Read in part in storytime. I think it'd be great for kindergarteners or a very interested child on a lap, but probably not one I'll use with a mixed-age group again.

  • Margaret Chind

    We read this years ago when my AppleBlossom was on her Memoria Press Kindergarten Enrichment adventure. Today, we revisited it with my Rascal's own Kinder journey. We read about Christopher Columbus in Follow the Dream by Peter Sis and then about cartography with the help of the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library to follow up with The Big Dipper from the Let's Read and Find Out Science series. What a beginning to a mystery of science and history my son is beginning to venture out into. This book isn't the best illustrations in my opinion and it is ridiculously simple, but perhaps exactly so as it should be for a kindergarten introduction. With the vast and complex illustrations from Peter Sis, this book made a good companion. Overall, I love the Let's Read and Find Out Science series and I cannot wait as he starts to dive into more of them.

    I own a really old paperback copy of this that I bought used. We sought and bought a copy on the recommendation of the Memoria Press Kindergarten Enrichment.

  • Alfajirikali

    Athena really enjoyed this one!

  • Tricia

    Simple text and bright illustrations come together in this basic non-fiction title that provides an excellent overview of the Big Dipper.

  • Kerri

    Good for lower elementary. Goes over details about the Big Dipper and how it is and was used for navigation. Also, shows how it changes position in winter...simple but good overview.

  • Anna

    simple book about the big dipper and what a constellation is. 1st-3rd grade.

  • Makenna Wheeler

    I like this book and the details it provides about the big dipper and other stars from a kid's perspective.
    ATOS: 3.1
    Guided Reading: I
    6+1 Traits: Ideas, Organization, Presentation