{"id":32601,"date":"2011-03-13T15:43:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T15:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/another-winner-from-national-geographic-kids\/"},"modified":"2011-03-13T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T15:43:28","slug":"another-winner-from-national-geographic-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/another-winner-from-national-geographic-kids.php","title":{"rendered":"Another Winner From National Geographic Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;ve just had the pleasure of reviewing National Geographic&rsquo;s latest on the Kids list, <span>13 Planets<\/span> by David A. Aguilar.<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/83c61_13planets250x249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8196\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/83c61_13planets250x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><p>Image shamelessly lifted from National Geographic Kids website<\/p><\/div><p>Stuffed  full of amazing, photo-realistic artwork, images, and up-to-the-minute  facts, this book presents our solar system in an interesting, engaging  manner that manages to completely escape patronization.&nbsp; Including a  look at the Sun, comets, and how the solar system formed (among other  related topics), <span>13 Planets<\/span> is a brilliantly balanced work.&nbsp;  Included in each planet&rsquo;s information is the mythology behind its  namesake, and there&rsquo;s even a bit on fun astronomy-related activities you  can enjoy with your children (without having to take out a loan or risk  blowing up the house).<\/p><p>David Aguilar is the author of three other children&rsquo;s astronomy books, including <span>Superstars<\/span> and <span>Planets, Stars, and Galaxies<\/span>.&nbsp; His artwork has been featured on The History Channel and CNN along with magazines such as <em>Time<\/em>,<em> USA Today<\/em>,<em> <\/em>and our beloved<em> National Geographic<\/em>.<\/p><p>I have to admit, I have never been more impressed with a children&rsquo;s book.<\/p><p>National Geographic is one of the world&rsquo;s largest non-profit scientific  and educational institutions.&nbsp; Inspiring us since 1888, NatGeo is a  leader in exploration, conservation, and discovery.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/kids\/?source=NavKidsHome\">National Geographic Kids<\/a> &ndash; great site for the kids.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;ve just had the pleasure of reviewing National Geographic&rsquo;s latest on the Kids list, 13 Planets by David A. Aguilar.Image shamelessly lifted from National Geographic Kids websiteStuffed full of amazing, photo-realistic artwork, images, and up-to-the-minute facts, this book presents our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/another-winner-from-national-geographic-kids.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}