Following the success of Atoms, this is another perfectly pitched, scientific explanation for very young readers employing the same highly attractive, boldly coloured images and beautifully designed layout from this highly talented author/illustrator.
The text strikes just the right tone to engage the reader and keep them involved, inviting them to think about their own planet and how amazing it is that we don’t fall off when it is constantly spinning, and then to take a look at the other planets to see if they would be a better place to live. So, blasting off in our rocket with a quick explanation of gravity, the tour begins, and the reader learns just how inhospitable the other planets are and discovers fun facts about each one.
Cleverly relating these facts to experiences that children will be familiar with, like the fact that you would only get a birthday every 164.8 years on Uranus or that zero gravity on Mars would make eating spaghetti very messy indeed, ensures understanding. A book that will definitely be read for pleasure as well as providing a brilliant learning opportunity.
The perfect picturebook to introduce little minds to big ideas! Planets combines bold, colourful illustrations with jokes and incredible science facts to take young readers on a fun-filled journey across the solar system.
On the way they will learn all about the planets, and find out the answers to such important questions as: Why does Venus smell so bad? Why aren't there many birthday parties on Neptune? and What would happen if you tried to eat your dinner on Mars?
John Devolle studied Fine Art at the University of Westminster and has since run an art gallery in East London, been a graphic designer / art director, and, since 2010, worked as an illustrator on numerous children's books.
