Marion Dane Bauer – Author, John Wallace – Illustrator

This non-fiction book in the Ready to Read Series (Level One) is well written for primary level students with a love of outer space or in the process of learning about our galaxy. It is clear with few words on each page. While the images are not photographic they are clear and helpful in explaining our place in the Milky Way as well as in comparing size of the Milky Way with other things like our country, planet and solar system within it. There are also explanations of other things in the galaxy such as: asteroids, black holes, comets and nebulae.

I would recommend this book for any library in which you have requests for books about outer space from classroom teachers and for libraries that can use more current books about this topic. Like many other Ready to Read books, this one is easy for students to pick up and understand and will allow for kids to stretch their reading comprehension. It also contains a Glossary at the beginning as well as some interesting facts at the end of the book.