#24: Venus

Title: Venus

Author: Paul Fleisher

Illustrator: Not Available

Publishing Company: Learner Publications Company

Copyright Date: 2010

# of pages: 48

Genre/category: Nonfiction

 

            I chose this book because I really love studying about space and the planets. This book is a short chapter book that discusses many facts about the planet Venus. It tells about its size, where it is located and how far away it is. This book also describes what this planet is like in general.  It talks about it atmosphere, surface, and the core of the planet. The planet Venus is sometimes called Earth’s Twin.

            Most of the illustrations in this book are pictures that have been taken from space. A few of the pictures look like they may have been computer generated. Some of them are images that have been seen through a telescope. Some of the pictures are whole page pictures while others are just contained in a small square. There is a good bit of negative space in the pictures. The pictures in this book were provided by NASA.

            This book can be used by students in upper elementary grades such as fourth, fifth, and sixth.  This book would be good to use when talking about the planet Venus. It is a good resource to introduce kids to the planet. Students could use this book to get information to write a report about Venus. Student could also use this book to compare and contrast the planet Venus and Earth. This book also contains some great science vocabulary such as gravity, volcanoes, atmosphere, and telescope that would be good to introduce to the students. This book has not received any awards.