The Best Children’s Books About Space for Curious Young Readers

National Geographic spins off its bestselling Little Kids First Big Book series into engaging new board books to introduce even the littlest kids to high-quality nonfiction. These sturdy pages explore the basics of the solar system with amazing photographs, super-simple facts, and age-appropriate language to keep babies and toddlers — and their grown-ups — fascinated by every colorful page. 

Ages 0 – 3

From the popular series that launched with Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book comes a book with peek-through holes that show the moon’s different phases with each turn of the page. It’s the perfect light nonfiction book for young stargazers — and an ideal bedtime book, ending with a giant moon hovering over a sleepy town hunkered down for bed. 

Ages 0 – 3

Every young child loves to look up at the moon in the night sky. Here’s a Hello, World! board book that teaches toddlers all about the sun, moon, stars, and planets — with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts. It’s a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops. 

Ages 0 – 3

An exciting interactive title chock-full of stars, planets, aliens, and everything out of this world brings National Geographic Kids signature content to a sticker and activity book format. For kids who love our universe, this book features the coolest science kids can’t get enough of: Our planet Earth, cool asteroids, fun aliens, comets, and so much more. Packed with mazes, spelling and pattern games, drawing activities, and more, kids are sure to love these pages loaded with fun. 

Ages 3 – 5

Blast off on an outer-space adventure with this colorful interactive guide to our universe! Featuring awe-inspiring illustrations and astonishing facts, this 2nd edition of the classic beginner’s reference book introduces young readers to the wonders of our solar system and beyond. 

Ages 4 – 8

Laugh and learn with fun facts about the sun, the moon, the planets, constellations, astronauts, and more — all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring The Cat in the Hat! Perfect for story time and for the youngest readers, There’s No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System also includes an index, glossary, and suggestions for further learning. 

Ages 5 – 9

Explore the Solar System with this exciting and immersive pop-up space book for kids. Fun facts, a pull-out fact file, and an exciting quiz are provided for each planet you stop off at. This interactive space book acts as a tour guide, visiting each planet in turn. From our local star, the Sun, the adventure will lead to all eight planets of the Solar System before reaching Pluto, the rest of the Milky Way, and beyond. 

Ages 5 – 9

Learn all about the planets in this leveled reader! TIME for Kids helps young readers develop critical reading skills at any age and understand how to engage with the world around them. Have you ever wondered if there is life on Mars? Or why Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet? Or if water exists anywhere else but on Earth? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this photo-filled early reader perfect for young astronomers. 

Ages 6 – 8

Discover our expansive solar system in this breathtaking journey into space. The Solar System covers space in thrilling detail and is the perfect book for space lovers everywhere. Packed with mind-blowing facts, this incredible book of the solar system is perfect for space lovers everywhere. If you like The Solar System, then why not complete the collection? Take a trip into space with the entire Space Explorers series! 

Ages 7 – 9

Space is so much bigger than young minds can fathom and there is always more to learn. Travel to the furthest reaches of the Universe and visit 100 remarkable objects along the way with this stunning space book for curious kids aged 7 – 9. 

Ages 7 – 9

Four kids become embroiled in an ongoing intergalactic war after they are unintentionally abandoned in outer space, as told by Chorkle, an affable young alien who befriends them. Follow along in their adventure in the entire Space Rocks! series. 

Ages 8 – 12

Did you know that some planets — like Saturn and Jupiter — have diamond rain? Or that black holes can “burp”? Weird But True! Space is a portable, browsable book full of mind-blowing facts — about everything from astronauts and moon missions to black holes and faraway galaxies to rockets and robot rovers. Incredible photos and wacky, colorful designs make every page pop. 

Ages 8 – 12

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, what’s out there? Inside this fully-illustrated activity book, you’ll learn all about the incredible facts and unsolved mysteries of outer space. How many stars are there? What’s inside a black hole? Can you walk on Jupiter? Learn which of these questions have answers and which are still total unknowns. 

Ages 8 – 12 

This book is packed with exciting information about space! Learn 300 fascinating facts about planets, astronauts, stars, the sun, moons, space exploration, black holes, asteroids, rockets, rovers, and more in this awesome book for space lovers and armchair astronauts of all ages. 

Ages 8 – 12

Hop on board your brand-new spaceship. You’ve been selected by world leaders to explore strange new worlds, meet new alien beings, and even taste some of their food. What happens next is up to YOU! Filled with excitement and hilarity, this compositional challenge lets you tell your very own story starring … YOU! This engaging, entertaining, and educational book introduces you to alien beings from across the universe, and invites you to enter their worlds imaginatively by combining your story with theirs. 

Ages 8 – 12

Become an eyewitness to outer space and beyond, in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of the Universe. Children will be mesmerized by how past, present, and future space exploration has helped our understanding of the Sun, our Solar System, rocky planets, gas giants, and explosive stars. 

Ages 8 – 12