Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia (2025)

The Kingfisher Space Encyclopedia, 2025 edition Space books go stale faster than almost any other kind of reference, and this one is recent enough to include the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the reusable Falcon 9 rocket and NASA's advanced spacesuit design. Mike Goldsmith, who holds a PhD in astrophysics, arranges its 160 pages by theme rather than A to Z, so a child can follow one big question through several spreads. A glossary, an index and a list of websites make it useful for homework as well as browsing. It is pitched at ages seven to eleven, the years when planet questions peak.