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“It’s weird to look up in the sky and find animals,” said Josh, age 3¾.
Zoo in the Sky brings the constellations’ glittering bestiary to life for the
under-8s with magical illustrations by Christina Balit and excellent
descriptions by Jacqueline Mitton. Both northern and southern star maps are
here, along with a succinct cosmological primer. And there’s that all-important
scare factor: Josh loved scaly Draco. Published by Frances Lincoln,
£10.99, ISBN 0711211868.

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