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Best Books on the Sun
& the Moon for Kids
Below are fun, education books on the moon for kids--covering topics like attributes and phases of the moon, moon landings... These books can make teaching and learning about our universe even more fun and effective. With improvements in space technologies, we now have breathtaking photographs that allow us to see the moon 'up close and personal.' Many of the books below include these stunning images!
The list below of space books for kids includes links to buy the books on
Amazon. Or, to save 50% or more on math children's books, check out our
list of sale books on space. Our books are a great deal! All are used but are in great
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Books on the Sun & Moon for Kids
with links to buy on Amazon
Sunshine Makes
the Seasons
Let's Read & Find Out Science
(explains how the earth's
rotation creates our seasons)
by Franklyn Branley
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
The Moon Seems
the Change
Let's Read & Find Out Science
(explanation of moon phases)
by Franklyn Branley
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
What Makes Day
and Night
Let's Read & Find Out Science
(explains how earth's rotation
creates days and nights)
by Franklyn Branley
2nd grade - 3rd grade
The Sun
(shares the splendor of the
sun with large, crisp, full-
color illustrations)
by Seymour Simon
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
When the Moon
is Full: A Lunar Year
(poems honor the full moons
of each month of the year)
by Penny Pollock
On Earth
(explains earth's orbit, rotation,
and tilt--love the illustrations!)
by G. Brian Karas
Preschool - 2nd grade
The Moon
(a fantastic book for teaching
about the moon--well written
and full of NASA photos)
by Seymour Simon
Faces of the Moon
by Bob Crelin
My Light
(explores light and energy;
told in the voice of the sun)
by Molly Bang
1st grade - 5th grade
One Giant Leap
(a visually stunning story
of the first moon landing,
told in near-poetic verses)
by Robert Burleigh
Papa, Please Get
the Moon for Me
by Eric Carle
The Moon Over Star
by Dianna Hutts Aston
Moon Landing:
Apollo 11 Pop-Up Book
by Richard Platt
If You Decide to Go
to the Moon
by Faith McNulty
Reaching for the Moon
by Buzz Aldrin
Moonshot: The Flight
of Apollo 11
by Brian Floca
Home on the Moon
(explains what it would be
like to colonize the moon)
by Marianne Dyson
4th grade - 6th grade
Team Moon: How 400,000
People Landed Apollo 11
on the Moon
by Catherine Thimesh
Enjoy the books!
Betsy, Cindy, and Virginia (the teachers/sisters behind this website)
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