Project Gutenberg 2014-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 129 Lewis, Isabel Martin 1881 1966 Lewis, Isabel Eleanor Martin, Mrs. 22019466 Astronomy for Young Folks Produced by Charlene Taylor, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Astronomy for Young Folks" by Isabel Martin Lewis is an educational publication written in the early 20th century. This work aims to introduce young readers, particularly those around the ages of twelve to fourteen, to the fundamental aspects of astronomy, including the identification of constellations, stars, and planetary bodies. The book serves as a beginner's guide to understanding the movements and features of celestial entities, sparking children's interest in the wonder of the night sky. At the start of "Astronomy for Young Folks," the author establishes the importance of astronomy as a science that can be grasped by young minds, emphasizing that it is as central to nature study as other earthbound subjects. The opening portion includes a preface where Lewis discusses the book's objective to familiarize children with the constellations visible in different seasons and the motions of celestial bodies. The introduction defines terminology and explains how to observe stars, guiding young readers through their first explorations of the night sky using charts and diagrams. The tone is accessible and encouraging, aimed at inspiring curiosity about the universe and the science behind it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45112/45112-h/images/cover-page.jpg en Astronomy -- Juvenile literature QB Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science - Astronomy 472823 472656 2024-09-19T04:09:56.074393 2023-09-19T15:25:41.293545 text/html text/html 472416 2014-03-10T20:39:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 930877 2014-03-10T20:42:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 971390 2024-09-19T04:10:03.936266 application/epub+zip 975313 2024-09-19T04:09:57.446367 application/epub+zip 186590 2024-09-19T04:09:56.777307 application/epub+zip 1110653 2024-09-19T04:10:08.572272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1060754 2024-09-19T04:10:03.130292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276443 2022-09-20T15:16:21.751525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402069 401839 2024-09-19T04:09:54.675377 2023-09-19T15:25:40.033592 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 401528 2014-03-10T20:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131093 2014-03-10T20:42:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 401985 2014-03-10T20:41:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131037 2014-03-10T20:42:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20242 2024-09-19T04:10:08.718289 application/rdf+xml 9457 2024-09-19T04:09:56.878306 image/jpeg 2113 2024-09-19T04:09:56.828367 image/jpeg 984582 2024-09-19T04:09:56.193354 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