Skygazing: Explore the Sky in the Day and Night

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What do you see when you look up at the sky It may seem like a big, empty space, but it's busier than you think. From clouds and stars, to birds, planes and everything in between - there's a whole sky to explore.

Skygazing is a double-sided book full of incredible cross-curricular information, fun activities, and beautiful illustrated scenes to enjoy. Discover why the sky is blue, early experiments in flight, and how helicopters stay aloft, before flipping the book to read all about the night sky. Find out how to read the stars, spot the night's flying creatures and see the colours of the aurora borealis.

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Anna Claybourne is the author of numerous books on the natural world for young readers, including theUsborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Planet Earth, theSurvival Skills Handbook and many more. She is the winner of several awards, including the ASE Book of the Year Award, and the Times Educational Supplement Senior Information Book Award for her titleThe World of Shakespeare, as well as being shortlisted for many awards, including the Blue Peter Book Award, the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the English Association 4-11 awards 2017. Anna is based in Edinburgh.Kerry Hyndman has created rich, textured illustrations for a number of clients includingThe Times, BBC, and Waitrose, as well as other publishers. She illustrated Faber & Faber'sSurvivors, which won the Blue Peter Book Award 2017, and went on to illustrate the rest of the series.