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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes it takes a rocket scientist to offer young readers the most engaging introduction to space travel, the solar system, and the universe. Earths gravity keeps our feet on the ground, and also prevents us from soaring into space. So how do we explore that vast frontier? We use rockets! Discover how rockets workfrom staging to orbits to power generation, from thermal control to navigation and more. Learn how rockets and other spacecraft travel...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Build your very own planes and rockets with easy-to-find items. Find out how to make a glider, helicopter, a parachute, and more with objects like pencils, washers, and a plastic bag. Just put the pieces together to fly away!
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Astrid and her fellow Shooting Stars build a rocket, Astrid is hoping to impress guest helper, Leah, to score a tour of Space-E headquarters, but when she and her classmates discover Leah does not know much about rockets, Astrid is unsure if she should speak up.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe-ungoverned and infinite-was open for business. Welcome to the wild west of aerospace...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
5 4 3 2 1... BLAST OFF! There's a tiny little rocket that will take you to the stars, It only flies there once a year, but zips you out past Mars... Jump in for a journey that is out of this world!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
An astronaut-in-training has to leave NASA (to save the family farm) but just can't give up on his dream of shooting into space, even if he has to do it all by himself. And that will of course get everyone up in arms, from his wife to his banker to the town gossips to the media and the Department of Homeland Security.
13) Project blastoff
Author
Series
Astrotwins volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Young Mark Kelly and his brother and friends decide to build a rocket over the summer when their constant bickering starts to annoy their grandfather in this middle-grade novel based on the NASA astronauts' real childhoods"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he's thrilled. Too bad his dad walked out...
15) Roaring rockets
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Get ready for blast-off to learn all about rockets! Roaring Rockets follows the animal crew as they become astronauts heading to the Moon. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love: spacesuits, oxygen helmets, the lunar lander, and much more!
16) Failure to lunch
Author
Series
Waffles and Pancake volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When the CatStronauts shuttle launch is delayed, Waffles and Pancake take matters into their own hands and build a spaceship"--
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once humans figured out how to launch rockets into orbit, the Space Race between the US and USSR began! Who will be the first to fly outside of Earth's atmosphere, walk on the moon, or build a working lab in orbit? Follow the story of how the race to the moon became international teamwork in orbit, and find out how to travel at 17,500 mph, take a shower with no water, and go to the bathroom when there's no gravity. When it comes to human spaceflight,...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Humans have used rockets for everything from firework displays to getting people to the Moon - and their explosive potential may bring us to uncharted galaxies! How do you create a controlled explosion and harness that power for the benefit of humankind? Meet the visionary physicists, chemists, engineers, and entertainers (as well as mice, bears, tortoises, and more) who took rockets from illuminations in the sky to the most powerful vehicles ever...
Author
Series
Planet Omar volume 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Omar and his friends investigate sabotage at the model rocket-building contest they are competing in"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Dot is at the Creative Fair, where everyone's excited about making fizz-powered rockets. 'Make your rocket ship your own!' says Dot's mom. Dot is keen on making the fastest rocket of them all, with no decorations to weigh it down. When it's time for liftoff, Dot's rocket soars out of sight, while Ruby's snows down glitter, Nev and Dev's sprays out shaving cream, and Hal's makes a huge noise. Everyone's rockets are totally different, and it turns...
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