Amateur astronomers receive a sketchy overview of the night sky in this pint-sized guide. Separated into broad sections covering Our Solar System, The Universe, and Constellations, the handbook attempts to guide young stargazers to find prominent astronomical features with binoculars, a telescope, or the naked eye. Readers may be frustrated by the lack of specific directions other than the tiny star charts at the book's end. In addition, fledgling astronomers may grow discouraged by the book's suggestion that they can find Pluto with a telescope, a feat difficult even for experience amateurs. The Constellations section is perhaps the most frustrating, as the text points out some celestial bodies, the in-text photographs points out others, and the star charts point out still others. The lack of centrally located, comprehensive information limits the guide's utility as a practical handbook. Although the book's introduction advises "If you spot a word you don't know, look it up in the glossary," this is probably stretching the functionality of the nineteen-word glossary. The index, too, provides references only to section headings and subheadings. Part of the "My First Pocket Guide" series. 2002 (orig. 1997), National Geographic Society,