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Space Songs is a book of poems related to space, like the moon, satellites, and comets. I enjoyed how the poems were spaced out to create shapes based on the planets, stars, and technology used to explore space. ( )

I never thought I would miss rhyming in poetry, but while reading this collection of poems about things in space, I missed it. I liked how the author and/or illustrator choice print the poems on the page in concrete poetry fashion. For example, the poem entitled Satellites is actually shaped like a satellite. I don’t know how well this would work in a classroom as a tool for review. Some of the poems were confusing and didn’t flow. I f I had to chose a poem, it would be the one about the Sun. What I like about the poem is the poet’s dramatic language use. Instead of “it’s a ball of hot gas” it is described as “ afire with bursts of bubbling gas, …/ this mass, quaking inferno…/ a giant bomb exploding hydrogen.” ( )

The small verses offered in Myra Cohn Livingston's Space Songs, which are more like free verse poetry than songs, are constructed in an asthetically clever fashion. Each individual work, depending on the specific topic, is arranged to mirror the subject. For instance, the poem "Satellite's" lines are organized to resemble a satellite, with legs and all. While no particular aspect of this book stands out, the overall structure of the book is fun in itself. ( )

How many people wonder about outer space? I know I do! Take your children on the adventure of seeing what else is out there that is literally "out of this world!" There are plenty of unanswered questions that people ask about space all of the time. Join the exploration and adventure in a journey to space by reading about the milkyway and comments. Who knows, maybe one day you can figure out or come across something about space that no one else knows! ( )