  | Rocket ship, solo trip Author: Colombi, Chiara | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
Rocket is embarking on her first solo mission. Her goal? Place a satellite into orbit to take pictures of the beautiful unknown. With a few words of encouragement from Ground Control, Rocket sparks ignition and blasts off to discover all the beauty of outer space. But when it's time for reentry, she wonders if she can do it alone. Rocket returns home at hypersonic speed and excited for her future experiments ... maybe next time, to the moon.
| Illustrator: | Magoon, Scott |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (02/01/24)
School Library Journal (+) (06/21/24)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 06/21/2024 PreS-Gr 1—The story is fictional: Rocket Ship is just a little jittery about her first time on the launchpad, launch, going into space—everything. It's overwhelming, but an omniscient narration reminds her to "use the countdown as your cue./ You'll see. You'll know just what to do." And it's true. Rocket Ship performs her duty to get her payload, a new satellite, into space where it will take pictures of Earth below. Facts are slipped into the story of Rocket Ship's successes, one by one, to give young children a very good idea of how to launch and set up a satellite for use: "Step three: her top hatch opens wide./ It's Rocket's turn to be the guide./ Station lends a helping hand/ Just like boosters did on land." The storytelling is effective, amplified by Magoon's simple shapes and easy-to-guess facial expressions, but detailed enough to provide a rudimentary sense of how a satellite works. A generous amount of information is dispensed in accessible terms and accompanied by friendly scenes that parallel an elementary age student's first solo project. VERDICT Wondrous—a book that says, "You've got this," seamlessly stirred into a STEM title.—Kimberly Olson Fakih - Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
