| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-10-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 48 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Satellite images from outer space give kids an astronaut's view of the world below. The colorful pictures let kids explore what they see in maps of the United States--big lakes and rivers, mountains and coasts, cities, deserts and forests. This book presents a bright new perspective on geography that will amaze kids--and their parents and teachers too. Full-color photos. 20 maps.
Industry Reviews
Gr 4-6 This compact suite of false- or enhanced-color satellite photographs takes viewers from Alaska's Katmai National Park to Florida with stopovers above Mount St. Helens, the Grand Canyon, New Orleans, St. Louis (before and during the flood of 1993), New York City, and other familiar locales. After an opening explanation of how and why satellite photos are taken, Fallen matches each of 20 overhead views with several paragraphs of description, plus another photo taken at ground level the latter to show detail that is sometimes, but not always, visible from orbit. Though less detailed and systematic than Patricia Lauber's Seeing Earth from Space (Orchard, 1990), this book provides a quick visual summary of North American landforms as seen from beyond the atmosphere. It will enthrall those readers of any age who habitually leave nose prints on airliner windows. John Peters, New York Public Library
Divakaruni
The focus here is intriguing satellite pictures. . . . The pictures are terrific; they are astonishingly well detailed, and the unusual colors used to bring out the images add the effect of modern art. Unfortunately, the text accompanying the pictures is lacking. There isn't quite enough information to be really useful for reports, and the information provided doesn't always clearly indicate how the picture would be used by scientists studying population, pollution, etc. Buy this for the pictures, which kids will enjoy but know that the text will leave them looking for more.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Demanche
Though less detailed, and systematic than Patricia Lauber's Seeing Earth from Space (1990), this book provides a quick visual summary of North American landforms as seen from beyond the atmosphere. It will enthrall those readers of any age who habitually leave nose prints on airliner windows.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Freeman
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