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quippeThe Blurb On The Back:
Blast off into space in this fun-packed activity book for young children.
Brimming with mazes, matching pairs, counting, spot the difference, dot-to-dots, colouring and drawing.
Discover the moon, planets, stars and beyond, learning fun facts along the way.
National Geographic’s activity book for readers aged 5+ (part of a series) mixes facts about the solar system with plenty of fun activities to keep young readers busy, including maze puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures and pictures to colour. If you have a young reader who’s interested in space then this will definitely keep them entertained but I would have liked more facts than are given and more cohesion (e.g. there is nothing on the ice planets).
I cannot fault the activities set out within this book - there’s a lot of variety here and so even the most picky of young readers will find something that they want to do. What left me disappointed was that while the book is grouped around topics (e.g the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets), there’s not a whole lot of cohesion to it. For example the planets section does not include all the planets - Mercury, Uranus and Neptune are missing but it includes Pluto even though it admits that it’s a dwarf planet and not a ‘proper’ planet.
I could have also done with some more facts - what’s there are interesting but I could have done a couple more - especially given that this is from National Geographic and this should be their jam. One thing that really grated was that one of the facts that is given is wrong - the book says that the words “blast off” are used when rockets are launched but it’s not, the words used are “lift off”.
All in all, it’s a perfectly fine introduction to space that young readers will enjoy but it could have been more informative given that National Geographic is behind it and frankly, it should have been.
The Verdict:
National Geographic’s activity book for readers aged 5+ (part of a series) mixes facts about the solar system with plenty of fun activities to keep young readers busy, including maze puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures and pictures to colour. If you have a young reader who’s interested in space then this will definitely keep them entertained but I would have liked more facts than are given and more cohesion (e.g. there is nothing on the ice planets).
FIRST SPACE ACTIVITY AND COLOURING BOOK was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2025. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Blast off into space in this fun-packed activity book for young children.
Brimming with mazes, matching pairs, counting, spot the difference, dot-to-dots, colouring and drawing.
Discover the moon, planets, stars and beyond, learning fun facts along the way.
National Geographic’s activity book for readers aged 5+ (part of a series) mixes facts about the solar system with plenty of fun activities to keep young readers busy, including maze puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures and pictures to colour. If you have a young reader who’s interested in space then this will definitely keep them entertained but I would have liked more facts than are given and more cohesion (e.g. there is nothing on the ice planets).
I cannot fault the activities set out within this book - there’s a lot of variety here and so even the most picky of young readers will find something that they want to do. What left me disappointed was that while the book is grouped around topics (e.g the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets), there’s not a whole lot of cohesion to it. For example the planets section does not include all the planets - Mercury, Uranus and Neptune are missing but it includes Pluto even though it admits that it’s a dwarf planet and not a ‘proper’ planet.
I could have also done with some more facts - what’s there are interesting but I could have done a couple more - especially given that this is from National Geographic and this should be their jam. One thing that really grated was that one of the facts that is given is wrong - the book says that the words “blast off” are used when rockets are launched but it’s not, the words used are “lift off”.
All in all, it’s a perfectly fine introduction to space that young readers will enjoy but it could have been more informative given that National Geographic is behind it and frankly, it should have been.
The Verdict:
National Geographic’s activity book for readers aged 5+ (part of a series) mixes facts about the solar system with plenty of fun activities to keep young readers busy, including maze puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures and pictures to colour. If you have a young reader who’s interested in space then this will definitely keep them entertained but I would have liked more facts than are given and more cohesion (e.g. there is nothing on the ice planets).
FIRST SPACE ACTIVITY AND COLOURING BOOK was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2025. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
