A Space Encyclopaedia Is An Essential Read For All Young Astronomers, Astronauts or Space Fanatics

Dorling Kindersley are world renowned for publishing the best quality reference books and their Space Encyclopaedia for kids is one of the best. It has to be the perfect first space book for kids with just the right amount of detail. With DK reference books you always get quality and interesting information presented in an engaging and colourful manner. Throughout the 128 pages text is presented in a variety of fonts and sizes. There are even test questions along the base of pages with answers upside down on the facing page e.g. Why is there no blue sky on the moon? Because the moon has no atmosphere. or What does the word "comet" mean? Long-haired star.The curiosity quiz will get you searching through each section for the answers.

The illustrations provide an excellent balance between text, diagrams, photographs and computer generated images. The book has special features that will show you how to get your hands on as much information as possible! Use the "become an expert" buttons to find out more about a subject on other pages. "Get into it" activity buttons show you how you can try things out for yourself.

Discovering the Meanings of Your Dreams

The Meaning of Dreams has fascinated us since the beginning of mankind. We have learned where our dreams come from, and quite often what caused us to have a particular dream. We have many types of dreams, ranging from the exotic or sexual dream to very frightening dreams which we refer to as nightmares. Seeing images, hearing sounds, and sometimes feeling sensations are common in our dreams. There are times when we hear voices in our dreams that we cannot control. We know all of these things about dreaming, but we have not yet learned why we dream and what the meanings of dreams are.

According to Wikipedia (The Free Online Encyclopedia) dreams are the images, thoughts, and feelings experienced while asleep, particularly strongly associated with REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. The contents and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history.

Do dreams have special meanings? Are dreams brought on by incidents that happened during the day, this week, or maybe this month?

Since the earliest recorded history, people have theorized about the function and meaning of dreams and the true meaning of dreams has been a classic debate for thousands of years. Most theories however, remain tantalizingly inconclusive. We certainly have many theories why we dream, but determining the reason why we dream has long been disputed and never agreed upon.

What Teens Should Know About Acne

When children reach their teen hood, majority of them begin to develop acne. It is been proved scientifically that eight out of ten teens develop acne or pimples when they reach 13. Developing acne is very common which is mainly due to hormonal changes which occur during puberty. It is very easy to take care of acnes; all you need to do is change your diet and give some extra care for your skin. First let's see what acne is and what causes them. Acne is a condition where a tiny bump emerges from the skin. It especially affects the face, neck, upper back, shoulders and sometimes chest. Both boys and girls develop acne when they reach their teens. These tiny bumps can be pimples, whiteheads, blackheads or cysts. You need to understand that acne is not a disease. All acnes gradually disappear when they reach around 21 years.

Majority of acnes are caused by the bacteria Acne vulgaris; where the word 'vulgaris' means 'a common type of'. The hair follicles on faces contain oil glands which is called sebaceous glands that secrete the oil or sebum. As a teenager's body begins to develop, his or her body undergoes lot of hormonal changes which make the sebaceous glands overactive, producing large amount of oil. These oils clogs up the pores containing bacteria or dead cells, as a result the bacterium multiplies causing redness and swelling; which cause pimples. Sometimes when the skin reacts with the bacterial infection, the pimple gets filled up with pus. A whitehead occurs when the pore is clogged and closes but later bulges out. Blackhead occurs when the clogged pore remains open and the upper surface gets darkened.