Hi! I just discovered this site tday---the forum, I mean. I never liked H. A. Rey's The Stars. I read it as an adult, and couldn't figure it out. I learned the whole summer sky with John Ciardi's The Summer Stargazer. I checked both Peterson's star guide and Golden's Skyguide, and bought the Skyguide. Much better in MHO. Also, the best book of star maps that I have ever seen is Sky Maps for Beginners by I. M. Levitt and Roy K. Marshall. The maps look strange at first, but they are idiotically easy to use---I caught on right away, and I have A severe right-brain disability. I also really like the Sky&Telescope website interactive map. Not sure if it is for outside the USA, though.