Book Reviews: Children’s Books

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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The City of Ember Author: Jeanne DuPrau Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Darok 9 Author: H. J. Ralles Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Faraway Worlds: Planets Beyond Our Solar System Author: Paul Halpern, PhD Illustrator: Lynette R. Cook Reading Level:...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Gina Hagler Title: Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier Author: Marianne J. Dyson Reading Level: Ages 8-12...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Greetings from Planet Earth Author: Barbara Kerley Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Gina Hagler Title: Space Station Science Author: Marianne Dyson Illustrations: Full-color photos/illustrations Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Shanghaied to the Moon Author: Michael J. Daley Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Gina Hagler Title: Ilan Ramon: Israel’s First Astronaut Author: Tanya Lee Stone Illustrations: Full-color photographs Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Title: Kids to Space: A Space Traveler’s Guide Author: Lonnie Jones Schorer Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto Title: NASA Planetary Spacecraft: Galileo, Magellan, Pathfinder, and Voyager (Countdown to Space series) Author: Carmen Bredeson Reading...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto Title: You Wouldn’t Want to Be on Apollo 13! A Mission You’d Rather Not Go On Author:...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Reaching for the Moon Author: Buzz Aldrin Illustrator: Wendell Minor Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link...

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