Becklake

Young readers interested in exploring space will find answers to many of their questions in the pages of this informative space science book. Full-color photographs, drawings, and diagrams accompany the text on each double-page spread.

Topics include Exploring Space, Into Space and Home Again, Rockets, Space Shuttles, Space Stations, Living in Space, Working in Space, Space Suits and Space Walks, Manmade Satellites, Satellites at Work, Space Explorers, Man on the moon, and Mars and the Future. A Fact File provides an overview of Space History, the Apollo Moon Program, Space Rubbish, Animals in Space, and Exploring the Planets.

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The target audience for this book, part of the Exploring the Universe series, is the young reader, ages eight through ten, grades three and four. Designed to provide an overview of a topic, each double-page entry focuses on one segment of space science. The narrative is age/grade appropriate and provides information on astronomy and space exploration supported visually.

Highly recommended, especially for young readers interested in space exploration.… (més)