SCIENCE
Birch, Robin

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

(4) K-3 Space series. In these brief introductions, more than a dozen subdivisions treat subjects ranging from galaxies to the effect of sunlight on Earth. Bordered photos-some of them used more than once-and drawings illustrate the short, declarative sentences. Information in these series books is generally accurate but necessarily simplified--occasionally oversimplified--for a young audience, and a chart at the end pulls together numerical information. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Space titles: Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors; Earth, Sun, and Moon; Planets; The Solar System; and Stars.]

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