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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
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto Title: First on the Moon Author: Barbara Hehner Illustrator: Greg Ruhl Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Max Goes to Mars Author: Jeffrey Bennett Illustrator: Alan Okamoto Reading Level: Ages 4-8 NSS Amazon link
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto Title: Man on The Moon Author: Anastasia Suen Illustrator: Benrei Haung Reading Level: 4-8 NSS Amazon link
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