Thankyou Nettie for your suggestions. Wow, you got a great deal there!
Hubby seems to think that he is smart enough to get out there now with maps & binos to find objects (going by how well he fishes - does his own line, bait and everything, & reads lots of fishing books).
The following two books have interested me:-
One of them a book targeted at children on basic astronomy, titled "Astronomy" by Melanie Melton Knocke
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book...2348/Astronomy.
The other book being, Robert Bee's "Heavens Above". Hope this book will suit his age - what do you'll think
. And of course, a planisphere.