ainiali's review against another edition
3.0
Good for teaching children about space. Got me chuckled a few times.
kgtaylor's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this book because of its interesting cut-outs in the pages. The art style was different and unusual.
acgerman1's review against another edition
3.0
See my review on my blog @: http://agerman1blog.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/book-review-stars-the-moon-and-mars-space-poems-and-paintings-written-and-ill-by-douglas-florian/
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
For the astronomy project I was required to include one book of poetry. I chose Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian. Along with the poetry, it has delightful collage style illustrations.
It covers the solar system with a poem per planet. Pluto's poem tells how it has been "fired" or re-classed as a dwarf planet. The other minor plants have their own page. After finishing with Pluto it has a poem about comets, one about the constellations, one for black holes and finally one for the universe in general.
To further tie everything together some of the pages are die cut to allow a circular piece of the next illustration through. So what will appear to be a planet with star shaped continents will end up being part of the night time sky, and so forth.
It covers the solar system with a poem per planet. Pluto's poem tells how it has been "fired" or re-classed as a dwarf planet. The other minor plants have their own page. After finishing with Pluto it has a poem about comets, one about the constellations, one for black holes and finally one for the universe in general.
To further tie everything together some of the pages are die cut to allow a circular piece of the next illustration through. So what will appear to be a planet with star shaped continents will end up being part of the night time sky, and so forth.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
4.0
Bluebonnet committees love Florian. His books of poetry have been nominated over and over again. And why not? At least the book isn’t just another sad book of realistic fiction. The little poems are short and powerful in their own way. That, combined with the facts included in each poem, makes this a worthwhile read.
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