this is gonna drive me nuts

When I was a kid I had one of those big hardcover books about earth and space. I thought it was called "The Big Book of Earth and Space", but evidently it was not, because I can't find it online. I don't even have a reason for wanting it, but now that I know I can't find it, it's going to drive me insane.

It had cartoony illustrations and one of the pages had a map of the solar system, with anthropomorphized planets. One of the pages talked about stalactities, stalagmites, and troglodytes. The cover might have been orange. This isn't exactly narrowing things down, is it?

Okay, one of the pages shows a king and queen meeting with various wise men who explain how the universe works. One of them says the thing about elephants standing on a turtle, and there are some other mythic models. Then the last guy says the Earth and planets orbit the sun, and they get angry and kick him out of the palace, and the queen goes, "What a nut! And he dares call himself a wise man!"

Is there some kind of forum for people trying to find books based on vague descriptions? I need that forum.

ETA:

Okay it is the big book ABOUT earth and space. Holy poop, why was that so hard to find when I had all but one word right? Internets, I am disappoint. But also thrilled. Thrillpointed.

this is gonna drive me nuts

When I was a kid I had one of those big hardcover books about earth and space. I thought it was called "The Big Book of Earth and Space", but evidently it was not, because I can't find it online. I don't even have a reason for wanting it, but now that I know I can't find it, it's going to drive me insane.

It had cartoony illustrations and one of the pages had a map of the solar system, with anthropomorphized planets. One of the pages talked about stalactities, stalagmites, and troglodytes. The cover might have been orange. This isn't exactly narrowing things down, is it?

Okay, one of the pages shows a king and queen meeting with various wise men who explain how the universe works. One of them says the thing about elephants standing on a turtle, and there are some other mythic models. Then the last guy says the Earth and planets orbit the sun, and they get angry and kick him out of the palace, and the queen goes, "What a nut! And he dares call himself a wise man!"

Is there some kind of forum for people trying to find books based on vague descriptions? I need that forum.

ETA:

Okay it is the big book ABOUT earth and space. Holy poop, why was that so hard to find when I had all but one word right? Internets, I am disappoint. But also thrilled. Thrillpointed.