Book Descriptions
for To Space & Back by Sally Ride
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A fascinating first-hand account of life aboard a space shuttle gives insights into daily routines as well as the kind of work astronauts do. Ride's amiable tone throughout the text makes descriptions of such things as weightlessness and launching a satellite highly readable. The 52 full-color photographs are always informative and often breathtaking. (Ages 5-12)
CCBC Choices 1986. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Much has been written about the vast scientific importance of space exploration, but very little about the human side of being a member of an astronaut crew. In this book, with the help of journalist Susan Okie, Sally Ride shares the personal experience of traveling into space.America's first woman astronaut answers questions most frequently asked about a journey through space.
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