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	Use the following headings to search the library catalog by Subject or Search ALL. Hint: Adding "juvenile literature" to a search will limit your search to children's information books.
Astronomy Constellations Outer space - Exploration Planets Stars

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Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers). Hint:  Call numbers with a J in front refer to Juvenile (Children's) information books.

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	Grolier Online Online versions of these excellent print encyclopedias. Search for encyclopedia & magazine articles, websites, pictures, maps, and videos.
	World Book Online  Offers in-depth information on a variety of subjects. A good resource especially for pictures, biographical, & historical information.

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CSA - Canadian Space Agency
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp
The Canadian Space Agency created this site for students, with information on living and working in space, science experiments, and Earth observation.

Astronomy Magazine for Kids
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ss&id=192
Find out what it's like on other planets. Learn how far away the stars are. Try a fun, space-themed project.

The Constellation Web Page
www.dibonsmith.com/stars.htm
Here you will find information relating to all eighty-eight constellations. Read about the myths surrounding each of the constellations and then learn their factual and statistical data.

Exploring the Planets
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/etp.htm
A collection of pictures, graphics and articles about the solar system and individual planets. From the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

Kids Astronomy
www.kidsastronomy.com
In this site, you can find information about deep space and the solar system. You can also take interactive tours of space and space exploration.

NASA for Kids: Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
This page describes NASA’s program to explore the solar system. Take an interactive tour of the Galactic neighborhood, learn how to make a paper spacecraft model, or find out about the ‘Alien Safari.’

STAR JOURNEY
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/etp.htm

nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/index.html
This National Geographic web site has information on galaxies, constellations, nebulae, and more, plus a tour of the Hubble telescope.

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	J 398.26 MCCA	Starry Tales by Geraldine McCaughrean. Margaret McElderry Books, 1998.
	J 520 DRI	A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll. Black Dog, 2004.
	J 520 GAR	Atlas of the Universe by Mark Garlick. Simon & Shuster, 2007.
	J 520 MEC	Night Sky by Gary Mechler. Scholastic 1999.
	J 520 SCH	Scholastic Atlas of Space. Scholastic Reference, 2005.
	J 523 CRO	See the Stars: Your First Guide to the Night Sky by Ken Croswell. Boyds Mills Press, 2000.
	J 523.2 GOL	Stars and Planets by Mike Goldsmith. Kingfisher, 2008.
	J 523.8 HEI	A Walk Through the Heavens by Milton Heifetz. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
	J 523.8 MIL	Stars and Galaxies by Ron Miller. Twenty-First Century, 2006.
	J 629.4 GRA	E.explore: Space Travel by Ian Graham. DK Pub., 2004.

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Read & recommended by SCL Youth Services staff
Revised August 2011.