Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3597940 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Library Binding
• 48 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8 - Designed for both research and leisure reading, each book packs quite a bit of to-the-point information into a few pages. These volumes are laid out as though readers were viewing the pages on a computer screen, which may or may not appeal to students. However, this goes along with the proposed idea of these books as doorways to additional up-to-date resources accessed through the publisher's Web site. Living and Workingfollows the history of the space station from its inception to its future uses. These discussions cover the spacecraft's construction, its habitability for astronauts, and its dangers. Challenger follows the story of the ill-fated mission, complete with the final results of the cause of the accident and any associated culpability of NASA and others. While the presentation is succinct, it is not always interesting. Good-quality, full-color photos serve to illuminate both texts. These attractive, attention-getting books and the associated Web sites should satisfy students and entice them to seek out additional sources. - Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
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From Booklist
Reviewed with Carl R. Green's Apollo 11 Rockets to First Moon Landing.

Gr. 4-6. In name, at least, the debuting series Space Adventures and Disasters speaks bluntly about the dangers that have lately muted space travel's thrills; even so, these two fascinating entries are likely to expand the ranks of aspiring astronauts. Not surprisingly, Apollo 11 is the more exciting of the two--a function, of course, of the inherent novelty and drama of the Eagle's now-aphoristic landing. Unusually thorough chapter notes support the content in both books where appropriate (moondust evidently smells "like gunpowder"), and a publisher-maintained Web portal is well stocked with links to relevant, prescreened sites. Both titles suffer from the cramped design template dictated by the MyReportLinks.com parent series--a Web browser-style border appears around every spread, and an awkwardly scaled-down screen grabs from Web site illustration. Both books, especially the unremittingly boosterish Space Station, might have devoted some time to the mounting controversy surrounding manned space flight. Nonetheless, these will serve as a solid launching pad for kids entertaining fantasies of shrugging off gravity's yoke. Jennifer Mattson
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