This book is an introduction to everything space related. One of the best books on Apollo, this work emphasizes the exploration of the Moon by the astronauts … But when Luci accuses her diving partner of sabotage, no one believes her and her chances of making the diving team sink fast. The book ends with a brief non-fiction history of human space travel—from Galileo’s observations concerning the nature of the universe to man’s first steps on the moon.

Apollo 9. A heartwarming picture book tale of the power of the small, from bestselling author and retired NASA astronaut Commander Mark Kelly. You can filter to sort by the best book type for your kid. “A biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon”–.

What do astronauts read on the International Space Station? Apollo 10. Papa insists he’s only making a living, but Marthanne knows his work is part of history, and she’s proud.

Her latest project is to fix up a ham radio, something that she could use to contact people on this planet…and beyond. In Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleve, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space.

John Glenn wasn’t just the first American to orbit Earth.

Life on Mars - He laid the groundwork for future star voyagers—and dreamers—everywhere.

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Suddenly, making the dive team isn’t her biggest worry.

She hopes to be chosen to dive to an underwater habitat where real astronauts train for life in space. But when they arrive at space camp, George and Annie quickly learn that strange things are happening—on Earth as well as up in the skies. 1 . Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley deliver a lovely portrayal of a pioneer in her field who never stopped reaching for the stars. He sets off on a solitary mission, determined to prove the naysayers wrong. George and Annie are off on another cosmic adventure inspired by the Mars Expedition in the fifth book of the George’s Secret Key series from Stephen and Lucy Hawking. The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff - Later that year, our first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it “Kaputnik.” Still, we didn’t give up. Will that planet support human life? . Suddenly, making the dive team isn’t her biggest worry. A hang gliding rhino! 3 . Your support helps us continue to discover and share incredible kids books! I walked on the moon.

To help you find the right books for you and your young reader, we’ve compiled a list of the best kids books about astronauts. Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon: “one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” He made it look easy, but America’s journey to the moon was anything but simple. Apollo 11. Two big hippos.

Board book for 1-4 years, This Level 2 reader explores the fascinating world of an astronaut and tells what it’s like to live in space. The Epic Fails series by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson explores the humorous backstories behind a variety of historical discoveries, voyages, experiments, and innovations that didn’t go as expected but succeeded nonetheless, showing that many of mankind’s biggest success stories are the result of some pretty epic failures indeed.

A lively, rhythmical story and detailed illustrations take readers on a trip to the ISS, where astronauts sleep zipped up and walk in space. What books did Captain Scott take to the Antarctic? Blast off in this nonfiction picture book that transports aspiring space travelers to astronaut school.

Readers will love being in on the secret- Unbeknownst to the explorer, a Martian has been wandering through the illustrations the whole time-and he got himself a delicious snack along the way. 6-9 years.

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In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Finally, he spies a single flower and packs it away to take back to Earth as proof that there is indeed life on Mars. Private investigator Fenton Hardy enlists the aid of his teenage detective sons in a search for a missing man being sought by an insurance company. She hopes to be chosen to dive to an underwater habitat where real astronauts train for life in space. A Book of Book Lists’ by Alex Johnson, £7.99, British Library Publishing, As part of the Story Time from Space project, astronauts such as Tim Peake are recorded reading children’s books aloud while in orbit. “I want to be an astronaut!” she says to everyone who will listen.