What We See in the Stars by Kelsey Oseid

This book taught me a lot that I didn’t know about the night sky and how we understand space. I expected more of a coffee-table book on the stars-beautiful, but telling me things I mostly knew. I knew before opening this book by Kelsey Oseid that it would be a book full of gorgeous, mainly blue-and-grey watercolor-like illustrations of the sky and all that it contains.īut I wasn’t expecting it to teach me as much as it did.

What We See in the Stars is a fun and educational book about space. Thank you so much to Blogging For Books for providing me with this incredible finished copy in exchange for my honest review! I learned so much and it made me really eager for the next clear night sky, so that I can go somewhere plenty dark and try to find some of the new stars I learned about! Not only are there illustrations of each constellation, but there are also tidbits of history, as well as tips on how to find the brightest star in each one and locate that specific constellation. On to the actual content of the book, if you're at all interested in learning about the stars and space, this would be a great, easy introduction to the topic. Even if you aren't interested in the stars and learning about constellations, I cannot recommend this book enough as a 'coffee table' book - one of those that you pick up just to leave sitting out like interactive artwork, because your guests will pick it up, and 'oooh' and 'ahhh' and positively rave about it. The artwork is by far the loveliest I have ever seen in a nonfiction title. My word, this book is, first and foremost, STUNNING. Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. Highly recommend this book for classrooms, libraries and personal homes. The only failing is that there is not a large foldout start chart showing where to find all the stars, although that would be rather hard, because it is different depending where you are in the world. This book also covers the Milky Way, the Sun and the phases of the moon. This last bit is important, because depending on the light pollution in the area you are in, you might only be able to see the brightest star.Įach major constellation is written about, both ancient as well as modern. There is also a little bit of history, and what the brightest star is. Well researched, well documented, and lovely pictures, showing which stars are supposed to represent what parts of the constellation. This book is for the kid in us, as well as kids today. And when you looked at reference books, they weren't much better help. Do you remember looking up at the stars as a kid, being told that is Orion's Belt, Casiopea's Chair or that is the Big Dipper, and all you could see were stars, not the picture the names suggested.

What We See in the Stars by Kelsey Oseid