To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space by Van Vleet, Carmella

To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580896443)

Author: Carmella Van Vleet
Product Type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space by Van Vleet, Carmella

To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

$16.95
To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space by Van Vleet, Carmella

To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

$16.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
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Kathy Sullivan wanted to go everywhere. She loved blueprints and maps. She loved languages and the ocean. She didn't like the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" She wanted to explore and do exciting things that girls weren't supposed to be able to do. Only men had the exciting jobs.

Kathy liked fishing and swimming; flying planes and studying science. That's what she liked and that's what she decided to do with her life. She followed her heart and eventually became a NASA astronaut and the first woman to walk in space. Kathy wanted to see the whole world and so she did: from space

Backmatter includes further information about Dr. Sullivan and her career, as well as other famous firsts made by women astronauts.

Author: Carmella Van Vleet, Kathryn D. Sullivan
ISBN-10: 1580896448
ISBN-13: 9781580896443
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2016
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 10.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 182026 / To the Stars! the First American Woman to Walk in Space


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2015
Booklist 12/15/2015 pg. 43
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 121
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
By Carmella Van Vleet
By Carmella Van Vleet
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Carmella Van Vleet is the author of many hands-on science and history books and the middle-grade novel Eliza Bing Is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter (Holiday House). To the Stars! is her first picture book.

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan is a distinguished scientist and renowned astronaut. She was one of the first six women selected to join the NASA astronaut corps in 1978 and holds the distinction of being the first American woman to walk in space. Dr. Sullivan flew on three shuttle missions during her fifteen-year tenure, including the mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. She was confirmed by the Senate as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator in 2014.

Nicole Wong has illustrated many books for children, including No Monkeys, No Chocolate; Maxwell's Mountain; Wild Rose's Weaving (Tanglewood Press); and "L" Is for Library (Upstart Books).

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