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Space Exploration

From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 10, 2008.

What are your recommendations?

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Wait Till the Moon Is Full by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Garth Williams Recommended
Find the Constellations by H. A. Rey Recommended
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole Suggested


Independent Readers

Freddy and the Space Ship by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended
Destination Moon by Herge Recommended
Explorers on the Moon by Herge Recommended
Exploring Our Solar System by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy Recommended
John Glenn by Michael Burgan and illustrated by Robert S. Brown Suggested
A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll and illustrated by Meredith Hamilton Suggested
Neil Armstrong by Montrew Dunham and illustrated by Meryl Henderson Suggested
The Jumbo Book of Space by Paulette Bourgeois and Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and illustrated by Bill Slavin Suggested
How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space? by William R. Pogue Suggested
Black Holes by Dana Meachen Rau Suggested


Young Adult

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Highly Recommended
October Sky by Homer H. Hickam Highly Recommended
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells and illustrated by Tom Kidd Highly Recommended
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Recommended
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Recommended
Dune by Frank Herbert Recommended
Foundation by Isaac Asimov Suggested
Mercury by Ben Bova Suggested
2010 by Arthur C. Clarke Suggested
Contact by Carl Sagan Suggested
The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells Suggested
Entering Space by Robert Zubrin Suggested

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