Space For Children

Neil Webb is a nerdy, brilliant kid from a small town in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The only thing that is on Neil’s mind is how is he and his best friend, Marie, are going to spend their summer vacation. His life is upended when he receives a mysterious message from his scientist father. Now, he must decide whether to save his father or change the course of human evolution.

This rip-roaring collection of 101 of the most far-out jokes you have ever heard is so funny you might just float away! We’re going to take the laughs into the stratosphere in this amazing book containing over 100 jokes that’ll have your whole family laughing. The book is organised into categories such as astronauts, aliens, planets and more, so you’ll have a space-themed joke for every occasion. Are you ready? Lift off in 5...4...3...2...1...

Space is a fun and scary place. Join Sparky and his fellow spacers as he goes on his first space adventure to help Professor Hubble, the orbiting space telescope. Will the Debris Brothers, the space rubbish pranksters, mess up the mission? Will Sparky make it through the extremely hot and dangerous reentry window?

What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question: what's amazing about space? Kid-friendly explanations of science concepts will help you discover the answers!

How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question: what's amazing about space?

ABAM.info presents two short comedic tales, suitable for children old and young. Includes the stories Leprecolony and Space: The Final Papier.

Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a promised Christmas visit from his friend, the thing from outer space.

Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things – but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects... And after a massive invention mishap, Suzie is now living on board the space ship from her favourite TV show – exploring new planets and saving the universe!

The year is 2068. Scientists at Space Command must learn how children manage in space without adults. They advertise for a leader for the first-ever child-only mission. Sophie Williams struggles to fit in at her new secondary school. She misses her dad and would do anything to make him proud. The Space Command advert sends shivers down her spine. Maybe this is her chance. The selection process pushes Sophie to her limits, but eventually, she finds herself strapped into the enormous spaceship and leading her team on a journey of discovery.

Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things—but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects.... And when Suzie invent the Super 3DTV Gizmo, she ends up getting transported into her favourite TV show—Space Blasters! On board the space ship with Captain Jane, Spaceman Jack and alien with attitude Five-Eyed Frank, Suzie is soon exploring new planets—like the smelly Planet Cheddar—and meeting plenty of aliens. But when moons start disappearing, it’s up to Suzie to save the universe. Can she put her inventing skills to use? And will she ever get home?

A near-term princess is betrayed in her battle to conquer the galactic core. Her unborn daughter Serena is taken from her body, raised in a foreign empire, and trained to be a lethal weapon. Twenty years later, multiple attempts are made on her life, but Serena will defy anyone who would use her toward their own ends.

The Safe Haven Reserve was supposed to be a place where the remaining tribes could live in peace. But the new head of the facility has turned it into a concentration camp. When Wynd and his classmates stumble across a band of the planet's displaced natives, Wynd gets ideas on how the tribes can escape the facility.

Humans were forced to leave Earth when the pollution became a threat. Mankind could no longer live on the planet. They traveled 189 light years to their new home they named Horizon. When they left Earth they abandoned much and over the years they grew, developed, and matured. A long time in humanities' future they returned to Earth and found something else living there.

When you are a young adult in the Etheric Empire, your life can be changed in mere moments. Often for the better. Starting a business before you graduate school isn’t exactly normal. Luckily, Anne has the support of Jinx, her friends - and a new mentor in the shape of Frank Kurns. The first steps into adulthood are never easy, especially when you have the responsibility that comes with being powerful to live up to. Anne realizes she has to step up her fighting game to be in the public eye. Together, the young woman and her partner, Jinx, have a future to affect.

Ancient people from many different cultures - Greek, Roman, Mezo-American, Arab - all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by "drawing" a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures - constellations - represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us today.

When he was nine years old, Neil deGrasse Tyson went on a trip that would change his life. While visiting the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, he discovered the world of astronomy and felt like the universe was calling to him. He answered that call by diving deep into astronomy courses. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, he went on to earn a doctorate in astrophysics and eventually found his way back to the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and, later, as its director.

UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky is the first book to explore the strange, exciting, and unknown world of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena for kids. UFOhs! cuts through speculation and pseudo-science to describe real phenomena as observed and documented by pilots, ship captains, scientists, and ordinary men, women, and children from around the world. Playful and probing, UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky prompts kids and their parents to talk about the moon, the stars, the planets, and all the things they see in the sky, and to wonder about those we can't yet explain.

Embark on an extraordinary adventure with the Antstronauts, a brave team of ant explorers who defy the limits of their tiny world and journey into the vast expanse of space. Join Andy, Maya, and Oliver as they navigate cosmic challenges and discover the wonders of the universe.

Neue "Star Wars"-Abenteuer für junge Padawane. Im zweiten Teil der "Star Wars Abenteuer" gibt es neun weitere Geschichten aus der "Star Wars"-Saga von Episode I bis VIII über die beliebtesten Helden und Schurken zu hören: Meister Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Anakin Skywalker, Prinzessin Leia, Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, C-3PO, BB-8, Finn, Poe Dameron, Rose Tico, General Hux und Captain Phasma. Die Geschichten können unabhängig vom ebenfalls erhältlichen Teil 1 "Star Wars Abenteuer" gehört werden.

Learn about the phenomenon of a solar eclipse just in time for the Great American Eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024 in this title in the Who HQ Now series featuring newsmakers and trending topics.