Recommended Reading


During our research we came across several books that may be of interest to students and teachers. There are a variety of fiction books ranging from picture books to easy chapter books to novels. We thought they were all good though. The non-fiction books are ones we thought had good information but didn't end up using for our project.

 

Fiction
Novels
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark
  • 2095 by Jon Scieszka
  • Akiko on the planet Smoo by Mark Crilley
  • Angelmass by Timothy Zahn
  • Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
  • From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
  • The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
  • The Martian chronicles By Ray Bradbury
  • The Mayflower Project by K. A. Applegate
Picture Books
  • Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka
  • I Want to be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
  • Nova's Ark by David Kirk
  • Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Zathura By Chris Van Allsburg
Easy Chapter Books
  • Any Commander Toad book by Jane Yolen

 

Non-Fiction
  • Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell (Apollo 13 astronaut)
  • Apollo 13: Space Emergency by Michael D. Cole
  • A Tribble's Guide to Space by Alan C. Tribble
  • Destination: Space by Seymour Simon
  • Flying the Space Shuttles by Don Dwiggins
  • International Space Station: A Space Mission by Michael D. Cole
  • Onboard the Space Shuttle by Ray Spangenburg and Kit Moser.
  • The Kingfisher young people's book of space by Martin Redfern
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe edited by Ian Ridpath
  • The International Space Station by Franklyn M. Branley
  • The Mystery of Mars by Sally Ride (shuttle astronaut)
  • The Science of Star Wars by Jeanne Cavelos
  • Time and Space (Eyewitness Book) by Mary and John Gribbin
  • Touchdown Mars!: an ABC Adventure by Peggy Wethered and Ken Edgett
  • To space & back by Sally Ride (shuttle astronaut)