New South Books
Marnie Ogg
9781486319558/October 2026/Paperback/AUD$34.99, NZD$39.99
To round off the batch of CSIRO Publishing titles for now, is this one which is most definitely not a PB but is an excellent resource for your studies on the sky/day & night/light etc. The primary focus is on light pollution and I can’t recall another book addressing this topic in the same depth as this one does.
While we certainly teach our readers about how artificial light e.g. streetlights can impact on the way we see natural light i.e. the starry sky and many schools host astronomy nights – ours at Scarborough SS was always a huge family event, much anticipated – there is still much to learn about the why we should be mindful of ‘turning off’ the lights when we can do without them.
With a host of interviews with scientists, fact boxes, diagrams, a chapter on our First Astronomers, how we use artificial light, how it impacts on nature and much more, this is not only a necessary component of your astronomy unit but will make for fascinating reading for those budding stargazers in your cohort.
This is exactly the sort of CSIRO Publishing title we all automatically include in our collections so it’s an sparkling 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟for readers from mid-primary to mid-secondary.
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