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Are you looking for literature to support classroom instruction about Space? Check out Our Editors’ Choices for titles recommended by the Education World team. Then it's your turn to share books that you enjoy or use in your classroom in the Our Readers’ Voices section below. With your help, we will build the best list on the Internet of Best Books for teaching about Space. |
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There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System
by Tish Rabe
The perfect first space book for those almost-readers, There's No Place Like Space takes us on a whirlwind tour of our solar system, with a few constellations thrown in for good measure. Cat in the Hat (along with beloved Thing One and Thing Two) straps on his space suit and rhymes his way among the nine planets, presenting important facts along the way. Where else could your preschooler learn phonics and astronomy at same time?
The Sun
by Seymour Simon
The Sun presents a fascinating introduction to the star that is the center of our solar system and essential to life on earth. Did you know that, like our own planet, the sun has an atmosphere made of gases surrounding it? Seymour Simon explores the wonders of the sun, from the constant nuclear explosions at its core to the sea of boiling gases that forms its surface in this crisp, clear book illustrated with more than 20 startling, full-color photographs.
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Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moonby Catherine Thimmesh
Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield to protect the capsule during its fiery reentry. To the flight directors, camera designers, software experts, suit testers, telescope crew, aerospace technicians, photo developers, engineers, and navigators.
The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto
by Elizabeth Rusch
Mike's discovery caused an uproar. Astronomers around the globe asked: What is a planet anyway? As a kid, Mike Brown gazed at his poster of the nine planets and wondered: Is there more out there? The hunt was on. The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto is a nonfiction picture book that tells the story of astronomer Mike Brown, from his childhood, to his growing curiosity about our solar system, to his amazing discoveries.
To Space and Back
by Sally Ride, Susan Okie
From the alarm clock ringing at 3:15 a.m. on launch day to getting used to gravity again after returning to Earth, Sally Ride takes readers on a trip in a space shuttle. This oversized book has clear, full-color photos that follow and supplement the text and bring to life the shuttle flight. Ride's zest for the adventure comes through clearly, making this a book that can be read aloud to young children, please an adult, or inspire anyone in between. It is just the right book to keep the dream alive while awaiting the next chance for a new American space adventure. (School Library Journal)
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The Education World Editors’ Choices above represent just a handful of the fine books that might be used to support classroom instruction about Space. Now we’re waiting for you to add to our list. Simply send us your review of a favorite book in 100 words or fewer and we will add it to the Readers’ Choices below.
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