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Old January 14th 05, 03:26 AM
lal_truckee
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Dennis Woos wrote:
wrote in message Is there such a thing as good
fiction (Hardy Boys reading level or

higher) that would relate to the stars that she is observing in an
interesting way--sort of star-gazing fiction? Or stories about
exploring those stars? Or...?



Hal Clement, "Mission of Gravity", about Jupiter.


Not Jupiter.

Great book, even for you.


Indeed, it is a great book; but maybe a bit adult for a 7 year old.

For her age maybe Asimov's Lucky Starr juvenile series, each set on a
different Solar System planet, would work better. Particularly if she's
learning planetary science as well as observational technique - she'll
catch all the obsolete science superceeded by current theory and data
from probes etc, providing you plenty of meat for conversation.

(If she was 2-3 years older Heinlein's juveniles would be appropriate.)


Dennis