Project Gutenberg 2009-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 106 Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith) 1868 1955 Mitton, Geraldine Edith The Children's Book of Stars Produced by Siobhan Hillman, Brenda Lewis, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Children's Book of Stars" by G. E. Mitton is a children's educational book written in the early 20th century. This work introduces young readers to astronomy and the wonders of the universe, explaining complex concepts in simple and engaging language. It aims to captivate the interest of intelligent children while providing answers to their curious questions about the stars and planets. The opening of the book presents various observations about the Earth, the Moon, and the stars, capturing the imaginative curiosity of children regarding the night sky. Mitton describes how the appearance of objects changes with distance, illustrating the difference between the Moon and stars. The text establishes foundational concepts about celestial movements, including the Earth's rotation and its journey around the Sun, as well as the concept of gravitation affecting everything on Earth. It encourages readers to look at the night sky with wonder and a deeper understanding, setting the stage for further explorations of the solar system. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Astronomy -- Juvenile literature QB Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - Astronomy 308690 308591 2024-09-12T11:01:33.836327 2023-09-13T03:39:39.217157 text/html text/html 305889 2009-05-17T09:12:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1600646 2009-05-17T09:12:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1703176 2024-09-12T11:01:39.649276 application/epub+zip 1705097 2024-09-12T11:01:35.563370 application/epub+zip 144894 2024-09-12T11:01:34.184349 application/epub+zip 1886449 2024-09-12T11:01:43.199279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1844240 2024-09-12T11:01:39.056332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203343 2022-09-13T11:35:41.587706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276131 276002 2024-09-12T11:01:33.421314 2023-09-13T03:39:38.713167 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 275939 2009-05-17T09:12:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97238 2009-05-17T09:12:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 275951 2009-05-17T09:12:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97207 2009-05-17T09:12:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19982 2024-09-12T11:01:43.341335 application/rdf+xml 14141 2024-09-12T11:01:35.191317 image/jpeg 2381 2024-09-12T11:01:35.147358 image/jpeg 1611953 2024-09-12T11:01:33.936353 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia