The only thing that made me sad about this book was the Moon's occasional appearance as a target too distant to reach, for now. Each page has two couplets about each planet. 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It could be a useful book to initiate conversations with kids who feel that they are different â or kids who could use a story to develop compassion for others. This is a sweet book that I recommend for any kid and their parents; third grade was about the right age for us. Serena Sees Her Footprints on the Moon circumvents this problem straightforwardly, through the power of imagination: the protagonist, a Black girl, simply imagines herself on the Moon, making sneakered footprints next to the astronauts', placing a photo of her own family next to Charlie Duke's, using her hand mirror to reflect laser beams, and then, toward the end: "Her footprints are on the far side, the part that never faces Earth. This is not an issue for babies' appreciation of the book but may annoy Moon-obsessed parents. When the authors run out of facts and dataâand that doesnât take long, this is astrobiology weâre talking aboutâit turns speculative, considering several different kinds of exoplanetary environments where life might arise, and the reasons why (or why not) intelligent life could result. Unable to afford a telescope, they learn how to make one, work to raise money at a school fair, and are rewarded with a view of stars and planets through the telescope they built. Middle Grades World History Bring history to life with this workbook for students in grades 6-8! Read this book aloud to a pathetically congested child to make her smile! Some are comparatively obscure, like Anita, a spider (now preserved in formalin) that was sent to space in 1973 as part of an experiment to test whether spiders could spin webs while weightless. Here are instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Itâs a gentle story, told in present tense, the language enjoyable to read aloud. Pop-up books are not for every kid. Welcome to my 11th annual list of recommended space books for kids! It's illustrated in a deceptively simple, colorful style that's easy to see from a distance -- a perfect library read-aloud book. a gift membership to The Planetary Society, this Apollo image, centered on Mare Crisium, Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing, Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond, Hello, Is This Planet Earth? I would especially recommend this book to any kid (or adult) who enjoys writing hard science fiction, as inspiration for imagining alien life. © 2020 The Planetary Society. By Susanna Leonard Hull, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli, Poor Moon keeps inviting the denizens of Earth to visit her, but neither the dinosaurs, nor the mammoths, nor the neanderthals, nor pyramid-builders, nor Montgolfiere-flyers ever seem to notice her. Join fellow space enthusiasts in advancing space science and exploration.
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