pickThis is a great book with historical elements as well as speculative fiction. It follows a boy who wants to become an astronaut but is afraid of the dark, but he overcomes this fear. I love the lesson of embraces one‘s dreams and persevering.
Published 2016
Speculative fiction
pickThis book had lots of themes that would be good for kids of any age. In the book a child goes to mars and meets an alien. It teaches not to judge books by their cover and has some great illustrations as well as humor.
Published 2017
Speculative fiction
Love that California Science Center will showcase the shuttle in such an eye catching way…bet Sally would too. 💫
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pickThe autobiography of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot a space shuttle and command a mission for NASA.
I love biographies of astronauts. This is the story of such an amazing pioneer. She is honest & frank, talking about the difficulties of her childhood and what she regrets. And she is really up front with the mistakes she‘s made in her career. But she also sounds like a lot of fun, talking about the pranks she would help pull. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
pickI really liked that it was more about his life and his trips to space (and the huge amount of preparation for it. Oh, the amount of planning is incredible – particularly focusing on (all) the worst case scenario(s). There were bits of “advice” here and there that can be taken for life in general. I just found the planning and the trips to space so interesting. I hadn‘t realized he‘d also done some youtube videos, so I‘ve had to take a look!
