"Stars" by Stevee Tomecek

This book is a National Geographic series book. It is a non-fiction book all about stars and their properties. Although it is written for ages 4-8 I think that this book could definitely be used with older kids. I liked that the information was presented in an interesting way. The illustrator, Sachiko Yoshikawa, did a good job using bright colors to keep the illustrations interesting. Many of the pictures really helped diagram what was being explained about the stars. For example, the constellation Orien's Belt was shown and an image of a man was put over it so it is easier to make out the image that the constellation conveys. At the end of the book there is a science experiement to try. This is a great resource for teachers as you have pretty much an entire lesson laid out with this book. First you could read the book to students, then have them do the experiment.