Nonfiction: Uranus by Seymour Simon

This book discusses the discovery of the planet Uranus and its moons. The book goes into detail about the number of rings that circle the planet along with new discoveries that have been made about the planet. The author provides an explanation to why the planet lays on its side and other features such as the temperature of the planet. The pictures in the book are just amazing. Most of the pictures are those that were taken from Voyager 2 spaceship that launched in 1986. This book also discusses the nine moons that are the planet along with the characteristics of each, along with how they received the names they did. The photos of the moon are magnified so we are able to see the grooves and textures of the moon. I would definitely use this book in a elementary classroom when discussing planets and our solar system. If the student's have to do any research or work about the different planets this would be a fantastic book since they discuss all of the characteristics about the planet. The author also has the reader's create a image in their minds so that they can sense how hot the planet is which is a great tactic for readers.