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A Is for Astronaut: Exploring Space from A to Z

2 reviews
Traci N. Todd

Chronicle Books, 2006

All Systems Go
As an adult, I generally don't like kids' picturebooks. They're big, expensive, hardbacks with almost no pages, almost no reading and a lot of pictures. Kids are wild about them for the same reason. I notice one of the "official" reviews slams this book for the thinly veiled worst reason: it's not educational enough. This book only has about one sentence for each letter of the alphabet, but ...

Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts

5 reviews
Roger E. Bilstein

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

WHAT A WONDERFUL BOOK!
This is one of those books that you look for, but seldom find. It is written so that it is easily read, easily understood, and easily absorbed. It is well researched, full of interesting facts and personal stories, and never lets up the pace of delivering an interesting, informative and educational narrative. I found it so much fun to read and understand, that I finished the entire book in ...

Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon

17 reviews
Colin Burgess, Kate Doolan, ...

Bison Books, 2003

Fascinating reading
Another excellent book from Mr. Burgess. I especially enjoyed the great level of detail in this book. Mr. Burgess even provides the astronauts' mothers' and wives' maiden names, their childhood addresses and many obscure yet interesting facts about their early careers. It was also interesting to learn how many of the astronauts had interacted with each other in the years before they joined ...

Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

70 reviews
Mike Mullane

Scribner, 2007

Buy it
What an incredible book. A real page turner. An honest and personal account of the shuttle program.

I Want to Be an Astronaut (I Want To Be)
Stephanie Maze

Harcourt Paperbacks, 1999

Dreams of flying can come true, and this book can help launch young readers toward a lofty career as an astronaut. Filled with fascinating photographs and facts about the history and the future of space exploration, I Want to Be an Astronaut encourages young readers to get started right now!

Astronaut Handbook
Meghan Mccarthy

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008

DO YOU HAVE what it takes to be an astronaut? Meghan McCarthy blasts readers off to astronaut school in her new, young, nonfiction picture book. Take a ride on the “Vomit Comet” and learn how it feels to be weightless. Have your measurements taken—100 to be exact—for your very own space suit. Meghan McCarthy has created the perfect book to share with children who want to be astronauts when they grow up.

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space

95 reviews
Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis

St. Martin's Griffin, 2000

This book answers the question: What did it feel like?
When I started to read The Last Man on the Moon I wondered: What did it feel like to walk in space and on the moon? I got more than I bargained for. I enjoyed one of the greatest true adventures of all times when Cernan removed the shackles of the earth and took me to places where few have gone. Cernan's book is exceptional at describing what it felt like to be an astronaut in the 1960s ...

I Want to Be an Astronaut

22 reviews

HarperTrophy, 1991

Easy read
My 5 year old son was able to read the book by himself after I read it to him the first time. It is a very easy book to read and wonderfully illustrated. We loved it

Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth

14 reviews
Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, ...

National Geographic, 2003

High flyers!
Shuttle astronaut Jay Apt, together with scientists Michael Helfert and Justin Wilkinson, has put together a wonderful book of photographs under the auspices of National Geographic, Orbit. These are all photographs taken by astronauts from the space shuttle while in orbit (with a few exceptions, historically significant photographs from moon circlings and early trips into space). Photography, ...

Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts

4 reviews
Peter Ifland

Krieger Publishing Company, 1998

Splendid, stunning and highly informative
I have spent days savoring this delicious work. Ifland has set a new standard against which all subsequent instrument books must be judged. The illustrations are magnificent; the text is lucid and I particularly like the fact that, in many cases, instructions are given for actual use of the instrument being discussed. Thank you, Peter Ifland!

Astronaut for A Day

1 review
DK Publishing

DK Preschool, 2005

Good Book
This book has been helpful in getting my little astronaut to learn his letters. Before reading this he had no interest whatsoever. Now he can see how letters are used by astronauts all the time.

DK Readers: Astronaut, Living in Space (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone)

2 reviews
Kate Hayden

DK CHILDREN, 2000

Space tale not just for kids
Linda is an astronaut. Her fourth mission involves repairing a telescope in outer space. Combining color photos and illustrations with a simple vocabulary makes this another winner in the DK Eyewitness Reader series. It can be easily accessed by those starting to read on their own. Fact boxes are scattered throughout the book and interesting space facts are on a separate page. The details of ...

Astronauts Are Sleeping

1 review
Natalie Standiford

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1996

Whimsical and Compelling
Finding the right book for children can be a thankless task. Fortunately, the author's fine sense of imagery and subtlety make this a delight for children as well as parents. An antidote to the mindlessness of many children's books, Astronauts are Sleeping mixes the dreaminess of Pink Floyd with the resonant images of Dylan. Highly recommended.

Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions and Other Popular Theories About Man's Past

3 reviews
William H. Stiebing Jr.

Prometheus Books, 1984

A breath of fresh air
In the face of so much nonsense out there about the ancient past and the public's seemingly limitless capacity to listen anyone but the experts (consult the depressingly ebullient reader reactions to Hancock's crashingly unoriginal and largely fictional "Fingerprints of the Gods" at this site), Stiebing's book comes as a breath of fresh air. He is lucid, concise, factual, and reasonable. In ...

The Gods Were Astronauts: Evidence of the True Identities of the Old 'Gods'

3 reviews
Erich von Daniken

Vega, 2003

Mostly the same old stuff
This book seems to be a collection of scattered thoughts that have only a small thread of commonality, and it's not all about ancient astronauts. Von Daniken begins by describing his own concept of what "God" is, namely an infallible, timeless, omnipresent and omnipotent spiritual being. He then points out some of the inconsistencies of the Old Testament that contradict this concept, and ...

Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown

34 reviews
Gordon Cooper, Bruce Henderson

HarperTorch, 2002

Cooper to Earth: The King has no clothes!
In 'Leap of Faith,' Gordon Cooper adds his voice to the growing chorus of former military pilots and officers who have had direct experience with the alien presence, a presence the `Robertson Panel' has tried desperately to hide using the CIA's array of obedient "media assets." Though most of the old Cold Warriors fought the good fight to keep Americans ignorant about alien visitors, often right ...

The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds

12 reviews
Edgar, Dr. Mitchell, Dwight Arnan Williams

New Page Books, 2008

Please write more books,Dr. Mitchell about Apollo 14 !
Apollo 14 was one of the few missions that I know litle about; simply because not enough time and attention has been dedicated to it! Dr. Ed Mitchell,Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, tells us in a very open way his inner-most feelings about the mission to The Moon, and how it altered his life,and inner ways of thinking; regarding life and the universe! Telling the reader that what he felt and ...

Exploring Space With an Astronaut (I Like Science)
Patricia J. Murphy

Enslow Elementary, 2004

Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story

3 reviews
Michael Collins

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1994

Children's Version of a Classic Astronaut Autobiography
Michael Collins was a NASA astronaut from 1963-1970. During that time he flew on two missions: Gemini 10 and Apollo 11. These two missions, along with his training and military career are described in great detail in his earlier book "Carrying the Fire" which is geared for an older audience. This book is essentially same as "Carrying the Fire", but written with a younger audience in mind. ...

Astronaut PiggyWiggy

1 review
Diane Fox, Christyan Fox

Handprint Books, 2002

Awesome Piggy Wiggy
This is my 3 1/2 year old son's new favorite line of books. We read Astronaut piggy wiggy and fire fighter piggy wiggy EVERY night! It's an easy read and the pictures allow you to make up a little more to the story than what's actually written. We love Piggy wiggy!

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