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Item specifics

Condition
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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Intended Audience
Adult
Inscribed
NO
ISBN
9781580896443

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1580896448
ISBN-13
9781580896443
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210328760

Product Key Features

Book Title
To the Stars! : the First American Woman to Walk in Space
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Women, History / Exploration & Discovery, Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
Illustrator
Yes, Wong, Nicole
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Author
Carmella Van Vleet, Kathy Sullivan
Format
Library Binding

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
14.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
10.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2014-049183
Reviews
This biography of Kathy Sullivan joins the ranks of picture books about women who have taken to the air. Her name is not familiar to most people, yet her achievements were major. As a child, she dreamed of having a pocketful of airplane tickets so she could see the whole world. Unlike her female friends, she wanted to be an adventurer, like a spy or a diplomat. She ignored the taunts ("Girls don't like those jobs"), and when she was a teenager, she learned to be a pilot. Attractive watercolor-and-ink illustrations visually use alternating, double-page spreads to show how, throughout her childhood and young adulthood, her determination became the impetus for her adult challenges. This back-and-forth perspective, between childhood and adulthood, is effective for the age group. In 1978, she became one of the first six women selected to join NASA, and she was the first American woman to walk in space, in 1984. Notes, each a full page long, from the author and Sullivan herself encompass her adventurous spirit and encourage girls to "set big goals." Concluding thumbnail biographies profile 13 other woman astronauts, including Sally Ride, Kalpana Chawla, Mae Jemison, and Ellen Ochoa. This welcome addition to the field of female fliers will be informative as well as inspirational for girls. - Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Kindergarten
Dewey Decimal
629.450092
Grade To
Third Grade
Synopsis
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., 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.
LC Classification Number
TL789.85.S85V36 2016

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