{"id":8714,"date":"2026-04-13T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:20:22","slug":"stargazing-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"our-books","link":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargazing for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another of her Big Important Causes. But while Meg may understand how the universe was formed, baby Elsa is a complete mystery to her.And Mum&#8217;s disappearance has come at the worst time: Meg is desperate to win a competition to get the chance to visit NASA headquarters, but to do this she has to beat close rival Ed. Can Meg pull off this double life of caring for Elsa and following her own dreams? She&#8217;ll need a miracle of cosmic proportions .Fans fell in love with the warmth, wit, romance and fierce friendships in Flirty Dancing, Love Bomb, Sunkissed and Star Struck, and Stargazing for Beginners has all that and galaxies more. This is the best kind of real-life fiction &#8211; with big themes and irresistible characters, it goes straight to your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another of her Big Important Causes. But while Meg may understand how the universe was formed, baby Elsa is a complete mystery to her.And Mum&#8217;s disappearance has come at the worst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3090,"template":"","book_tag":[25],"age_group":[26],"book_type":[1044],"book_author":[460],"class_list":["post-8714","our-books","type-our-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book_tag-friendship-books","age_group-books-for-8-year-olds","book_type-paid","book_author-jenny-mclachlan"],"yoast_title":"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads","yoast_metadesc":"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Little Reads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T12:20:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"340\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"522\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-13T12:28:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-21T12:20:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg\",\"width\":340,\"height\":522,\"caption\":\"Cover of Stargazing for Beginners by Jenny McLachlan\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/stargazing-for-beginners\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/our-library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stargazing for Beginners\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"name\":\"Little Reads\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reading Mate\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg\",\"width\":337,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Reading Mate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/readingmate.co.uk\\\/littlereads\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads","description":"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads","og_description":"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","og_url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/","og_site_name":"Little Reads","article_modified_time":"2026-04-21T12:20:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":340,"height":522,"url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/","name":"Stargazing for Beginners | Age 8+ | Little Reads","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-04-13T12:28:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-21T12:20:22+00:00","description":"Science geek Meg is left to look after her little sister for ten days after her free-spirited mum leaves suddenly to follow up yet another. Age 8+. 3,000+ hand-picked books on Little Reads. 7-day free trial.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebookupload-1704366509984.jpeg","width":340,"height":522,"caption":"Cover of Stargazing for Beginners by Jenny McLachlan"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/stargazing-for-beginners\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Library","item":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/our-library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stargazing for Beginners"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#website","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","name":"Little Reads","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#organization","name":"Reading Mate","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/little-reads-logo-dark.svg","width":337,"height":69,"caption":"Reading Mate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books\/8714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_tag?post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"book_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_type?post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}