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August 15, 2006

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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Masse Bloomfield Title: The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, 3rd Edition Author: Gerard K. O’Neill NSS Amazon link for this

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: To Rise From Earth: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Spaceflight, 2nd Edition Author: Wayne Lee NSS Amazon link for

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Fred Bortz, Ph.D. Reprinted from www.fredbortz.com with permission Title: Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Ad AstraWinter 2005 Title: The Space Tourist’s Handbook Author: Eric Anderson and Joshua Piven NSS Amazon link for

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Earth to Stella Author: Simon Puttock Illustrator: Philip Hopman Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon link for

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Max Goes to the Moon Author: Jeffrey Bennett Illustrator: Alan Okamoto Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Robots Slither Author: Ryan Ann Hunter Illustrator: Julia Gorton Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon link for

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Pieces of Another World Author: Mara Rockcliff Illustrator: Salima Alikhan Reading Level: Ages 5-9 NSS Amazon link

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Journey Between Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young Adult to Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Reprinted from Ad Astra Spring 2006 Title: Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human

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