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Read About Adventures in Space
We’ve rounded up fun stories for everyone.
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Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Eight Days Gone
By Linda McReynolds
Learn about Apollo 11’s historic, eight-day mission to the moon in 1969. Read about the gear, equipment, and spaceship used by the astronauts, as well as the history of NASA’s moon mission.
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2nd & 3rd Grade
Earthrise
By James Gladstone
This book tells the story behind the Apollo 8 mission photograph, both inside the spaceship and back on Earth. Dialog pulled from NASA’s Apollo 8 transcript draws readers into the iconic moment Earth was photographed from space.
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4th & 5th Grade
Faces of the Moon
By Bob Crelin
Why does the Moon seem to change shape from night to night? In this unique book, playful poetry introduces the names and shapes of the lunar phases to explain the role light and shadow play in this transformation.
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6th – 8th Grade
Older than the Stars
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In a way, we are all as old as the universe itself. In fact, every bit of every one of us was created in the Big Bang, billions of years ago. Stunning illustrations and lively verse tell the story of our cosmic connections.
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