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Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
c2018
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Colorful and simple introduction for babies and grownups to a new astronomical concept for every letter of the alphabet. Each page features multiple levels of text so the book grows along with your little astronomer.
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
222 p.
Language
English
Description
If you’ve seen astronauts returning to Earth you’ll have noticed that they have difficulty standing up because their muscles and bones have weakened. They also have problems with their vision, their sense of smell, and the bottoms of their feet. What happens in space that causes the human body to react and change?
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Do you like the idea of being able to travel to space one day? You may want to become an astronaut. Astronauts train their brains to think in a practical, decisive way. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like an astronaut too"--
12) Space
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Words, photos, charts, and illustrations combine to explain the mysteries of space. All these are arranged in short bursts of information that will ease comprehension for learners of all kinds.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The authors of the best-selling popular science book Soonish discuss the future of space settlements, explore what would be needed to have space kids, build space farms and create nations, ultimately questioning whether or not it's actually a good idea.
16) SpaceX
Author
Series
Physical Desc
24 pages : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces the American aerospace company, SpaceX, what it has accomplished and what it plans to do in the future! Cool photos complete the book. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. " - publisher
17) A rover's story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 576 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war.
20) Grama's hug
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
May and her grandmother are a team, especially in anything related to science and flight, but when May becomes the first child astronaut, Grama fears she will leave Earth without a goodbye hug.