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Books like Planets

If you loved Planets by Charlotte Guillain, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science, Technology, and Juvenile Nonfiction.

Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science Technology Juvenile Nonfiction

Top related books to Planets

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon — Joyce Lapin

If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

What’s Out There? A Book about Space — Lynn Wilson

What’s Out There? A Book about Space

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Fly High, John Glenn The Story of an American Hero — Kathleen Krull

Fly High, John Glenn The Story of an American Hero

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Wipe-Clean Airport Activities — Kirsteen Robson

Wipe-Clean Airport Activities

Kirsteen Robson

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

My First Space Words in English and Spanish — Zaida Hernández

My First Space Words in English and Spanish

Zaida Hernández

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Kid Astronomer The Space Explorer’s Guide to the Galaxy (Outer Space, Astronomy, Planets, Space Books for Kids) — Applesauce Press

Kid Astronomer The Space Explorer’s Guide to the Galaxy (Outer Space, Astronomy, Planets, Space Books for Kids)

Applesauce Press

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Fascinating Space Book for Kids 500 Far-Out Facts! — Lisa Reichley

The Fascinating Space Book for Kids 500 Far-Out Facts!

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Sun and Moon — DK

DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Sun and Moon

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Universe Began with a Bang Cool Space Facts — Kimberly M. Hutmacher

The Universe Began with a Bang Cool Space Facts

Kimberly M. Hutmacher

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Astronaut’s Guide to Leaving the Planet Everything You Need to Know, from Training to Re-entry — Terry Virts

The Astronaut’s Guide to Leaving the Planet Everything You Need to Know, from Training to Re-entry

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Who Was Sally Ride? — Megan Stine

Who Was Sally Ride?

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Go for Lift Off! How to Train Like an Astronaut — Dave Williams

Go for Lift Off! How to Train Like an Astronaut

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Big Machines Fly! — Catherine Veitch

Big Machines Fly!

Catherine Veitch

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

The Future of the Universe — Raman Prinja

The Future of the Universe

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

We’re All Wonders — R. J. Palacio

We’re All Wonders

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Rocket Science for Babies — Chris Ferrie

Rocket Science for Babies

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Easy-to-Make Spaceships That Really Fly — Mary Blocksma

Easy-to-Make Spaceships That Really Fly

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Destination Uranus — Sally Spray

Destination Uranus

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Dogs Do Science: Living Things — Anna Claybourne

Dogs Do Science: Living Things

Anna Claybourne

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Don’t Know Much About Space — Kenneth C. Davis

Don’t Know Much About Space

Kenneth C. Davis

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Space Facts — Carole Stott

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Luna The Science and Stories of Our Moon — David A. Aguilar

Luna The Science and Stories of Our Moon

David A. Aguilar

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Astronomy for Young and Old A Beginner’s Guide to the Visible Sky — Walter Kraul

Astronomy for Young and Old A Beginner’s Guide to the Visible Sky

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

Luciana: Braving the Deep — Erin Teagan

Luciana: Braving the Deep

Themes: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science • Technology • Juvenile Nonfiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science, Technology, Juvenile Nonfiction — the same threads that run through Planets by Charlotte Guillain. Among the authors featured: Joyce Lapin, Lynn Wilson, Kathleen Krull, Kirsteen Robson, and others.

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