Picture Books
by Amy Nielander
May and her grandmother are a team, especially in anything related to science and flight, but when May becomes the first child astronaut, Grama fears she will leave Earth without a goodbye hug.
by Stephen W. Martin
Max and her dog Boomer accidentally break a vase, a treasured family heirloom, the only thing that Max's great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother managed to save when her houseboat sank. Instead of coming clean, they decide to do the next most logical thing: build a time machine, travel back to her great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother's home, and smash the vase so they can't smash it later! What could possibly go wrong?
by Kristen Schroeder
When a mysterious red orb appears one day, the vegetables are not sure what to make of it and they decide that it must be an alien tomato, but Gopher is not convinced.
by Briana Caplan Sayres
When Asteroid and her parents get stuck in outer space for Passover, Asteroid plans a Passover Seder for her family that is truly out of this world.
by Markette Sheppard
Told in rhyming text, a young African American boy, stuck inside on a rainy day, uses his imagination to create a rocketship out of a rocking chair and takes off on an trip to a distant planet.
Early Readers
by Jordan Brown
Happily celebrating Earth Day, Jet Propulsion takes his Ready Jet Go friends on an amazing ride around the world in his flying saucer while convincing them that every day should be Earth Day.
by Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli
When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip into outer space, and while she enjoys some peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble on a far-off moon, where they meet an alien named Zip.
by Andrea Cascardi
Dot is at the Creative Fair, where everyone's excited about making fizz-powered rockets. 'Make your rocket ship your own!,' says Dot's mom. Dot is keen on making the fastest rocket of them all, with no decorations to weigh it down. When it's time for liftoff, Dot's rocket soars out of sight, while Ruby's snows down glitter, Nev and Dev's sprays out shaving cream, and Hal's makes a huge noise. Everyone's rockets are totally different, and it turns out they're all the best!
Nick and Nack Fly a Kite
by Brandon Budzi
Nick and his robot friend Nack fly a kite, in a book that includes hidden picture puzzles that double as story illustrations.
by David Milgrim
Zip likes to zap. Zip likes to play. Will Zip come in at the end of the day?
Stephani Lindsey
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