Open Court

Grade 5

Astronomy

520 Bec

Becklake, Sue. Space : stars, planets, and spacecraft. Pbk. ed.

New York : DK Pub., c1998.

520 Bou

Bourne, Barbara. Exploring space : using Seymour Simon's

astronomy books in the classroom. New York : Morrow Junior

Books, c1994.

520 Cou

Couper, Heather. The space atlas. San Diego : Harcourt Brace

Jovanovich, 1992. An overview of the planets, moons, and

other bodies of the solar system, as well as distant stars,

galaxies, and other celestial phenomena.

520 Gal

Gallant, Roy A. 101 questions and answers about the universe.

New York : London : Macmillan ; Collier Macmillan, c1984.

An introduction to astronomy using questions actually asked

by children at the Southworth Planetarium in Maine.

520 Lam

Lampton, Christopher. Astronomy.

520 Lip

Lippincott, Kristen, 1954-. Astronomy. 1st American ed. New

York : Dorling Kindersley, 1994.

520 Tim

Sky and earth. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1988.

Provides answers to questions about the seasons, rivers,

deserts, volcanoes, oceans, icebergs, moon, stars, planets,

and space. An activities section is included.

520 Tim

The universe. Alexandria, VA : Time-Life Books, c1998. Examines

the origin, structure, and workings of the universe,

including galaxies, stars, dark matter, light years, black

holes, and other aspects, and describes space exploration

from ancient astronomy to modern probes.

520 Van

VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Janice VanCleave's astronomy for every

kid : 101 easy experiments that really work. New York :

Wiley, c1991. An elementary science experiment book that

provides young scientists with safe, workable astronomy

projects.

523 D'Ign

D'Ignazio, Fred. The new astronomy : probing the secrets of

space. New York : Watts, 1982. Explains how astronomers

are using new kinds of telescopes, computerized cameras, and

space probes to generate new theories about the universe and

its mysteries.

523 Fre

Freeman, Mae Blacker, 1907-. The Sun, the Moon, and the stars.

Rev. ed. New York : Random House, c1979. An introduction

to astronomy covering the solar system, galaxy, universe,

and the latest theories about quasars, pulsars, and black

holes.

523 Lam

Lampton, Christopher. Black holes and other secrets of the

universe. New York : F. Watts, 1980. Discusses black

holes, what they are, why they exist, and the possible

consequences they pose for our universe.

523 Sim

Simon, Seymour. Look to the night sky : an introduction to star

watching. Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin Books, 1979,

c1977. Explains how to observe stars with the naked eye and

how to understand what is seen. Discusses the difference

between astronomy and astrology.

523 Zim

Zim, Herbert Spencer, 1909-. The universe. Newly rev. ed. New

York, : Morrow, 1973. Describes the history of man's

knowledge of the universe and its nature from ancient times

to the present.

523.2 Moo

Moore, Patrick. The starry sky. Brookfield, Conn. : Copper

Beech, 1999. Takes the reader on a tour of the solar

system, describing the sun, planets, comets, asteroids, and

meteors.

523.2 Sim

Simon, Seymour. The long view into space. New York : Crown

Publishers, c1979. An illustrated discussion of the planets

and bodies such as moons, comets, and meteoroids found in

our solar system. Also outlines the relationship the solar

system has with the galaxies.

523.2 Sim

Simon, Seymour. The universe. New York : Morrow Junior Books,

c1998. Describes the expansion of the universe as a result

of The Big Bang.

523.6 Sim

Simon, Seymour. Comets, meteors, and asteroids. New York :

Morrow Junior Books, c1994.

523.8 Sim

Simon, Seymour. Stars. New York : Morrow, c1986. Discusses the

stars, their composition, and characteristics, with actual

photographs.

Mag

Kids discover. New York, NY : Kids Discover, c1991-.

PB e

Kellogg, Steven. Chicken Little. New York : W. Morrow, c1985.

Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the

sky seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy

when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them

into his truck.

PB e

Winter, Jeanette. Follow the drinking gourd. New York : Knopf,

c1988. By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking

Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe,

runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad

to freedom in Canada.

PB f

L'Engle, Madeleine. A wrinkle in time. New York, N.Y. : Dell,

[1976]. Meg and her friends become involved with unearthly

strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared

while engaged in secret work for the government.

VC

Follow the drinking gourd.