Amy E. Sklansky
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Random House, 2012, 978-0-375-86459-9
For many people, space is an exciting and intriguing
place, a place full of mysteries and unknowns. Though we have explored much of
our own planet, we humans have not ventured far out into space yet. Getting
there is part of the problem, and we have had to invent very specialized
vehicles to get us off Earth’s surface and out into space, where there is no up
and no down, and no gravity. Distances are so enormous, that we still haven’t
figured out how to traverse them in a timely manner.
In this
delightful title the author pairs her clever poems with sections of factual
text to give readers a unique reading experience. She explores what zero
gravity might feel like, and what the Earth looks like from space, a colored “marble”
hanging in the blackness. We find out what three famous astronauts took with
them when they were “Packing for the moon,” and we are challenged to think
about what we would take with us if we were going to make that journey. Would
you take lucky charms with you like Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins did?
Later in the
book, we find out about satellites, which make life easier for us by “making
phone calls / loud and clear” and by helping us “surf the Web / with ease.” If
you want to know about meteors, comets, stars, the sun, the moon, and the
planets then you are in luck because all of these things and more are explored
in this title.
Throughout this
clever book, the poems and factual sections of text are paired with wonderful
illustrations that capture the beauty and wonder of space.
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