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“A Universe of Stories” Read-alikes

2019 Summer Reading Program “A Universe of Stories” – Books Featuring Astronomy and Space Travel

For Little Ones (ages two – five)

Agee, Jon. Life on Mars.

Arnold, Tedd. Green Wilma, Frog in Space.

Asch, Frank. Happy Birthday, Moon.

Barton, Byron. I Want to Be an Astronaut.

Bauer, Marion Dane. The Stuff of Stars.

Brett, Jan. Hedgie Blasts Off!

Burach, Ross. Pine & Boof: Blast Off!

Carle, Eric. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me.

Collingridge, Richard. Tiny Little Rocket.  

Dean, James. Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

DePaola, Tomie. I Love You, Sun, I Love You, Moon.

Duffet-Smith. Stella and Steve Travel Through Space.

Duffield, Katy. Aliens Get the Sniffles, Too!

Gamble, Adam. Good Night Galaxy.

Gay, Marie-Louise. Stella, Princess of the Sky.

Henkes, Kevin. Kitten’s First Full Moon.

James, Simo. The Boy Who Went to Mars.

Kelly, Mark E. Mousetronaut.

Landry, Leo. Space Boy.

Lin, Grace. A Big Mooncake for Little Star.

Matheson, Christy. Touch the Brightest Star. 

McNamara, Margaret. The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot.

Milgrim, David. Another Day in the Milky Way.

Rayner, Catherine. Counting Stars. 

Roeser, Matt. Oh No, Astro!

Sadler, Marilyn. Alistair and the Alien Invasion.

Sanders, Rob. Outer Space Bedtime Race.

Savage, Stephen. Babysitter from Another Planet.

Wade, Stef. A Place for Pluto.

Yorinks, Arthur. Company’s Coming.

Zeltser, David. The Universe Ate My Homework.

 

For Early Readers (ages five – six)

Arnold, Tedd. Fly Guy and the Alienzz.

Bader, Bonnie. Go to Bed, Blue.

Johnson, Crockett. Harold’s Trip to the Sky.

Long, Ethan. Clara and Clem in Outer Space.

Milgrim, David. Go, Otto, Go!

O’Connor, Jane. Fancy Nancy Sees Stars.

 

Moving-Up Books (ages six – eight)

Krishnaswami, Uma. Bright Sky, Starry City.

Krulik, Nancy. “Kid From Planet Z” series.

Mass, Wendy. Aliens on Earth.

McDonald, Megan. Stink: Solar System Superhero.

O’Ryan, Ray. “Galaxy Zack” series.

Scieszka, Jon. Frank Einstein and the Space-Time Zipper.

 

For Tweens (ages nine – twelve)

Ashley, Jonathan. Lily & Kosmo in Outer Space.

Chen, Jeff. Lunar Blitz.

Coville, Bruce. Aliens Ate My Homework series.

Emerson, Kevin. The Oceans Between Stars.

Gibbs, Stuart. Space Case series.

Hernandez, Carlos. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe.

Kraatz, Jeramey. Space Runners series.

Krosoczka, Jarrett. “Jedi Academy” series.

Murray, Martine. Marsh & Me.

Patterson, James. Daniel X: Watch the Skies.

Peterfreund, Diana. Omega City series.

Rex, Adam. The True Meaning of Smekday.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince. 

Slivensky, Katie. The Countdown Conspiracy.

 

Nonfiction

Acevedo, Sylvia. Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist.

Carter, James. Once Upon a Star: A Poetic Journey Through Space.

Fishman, Seth. A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars.

Kregenow, Julia. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, I Know Exactly What You Are.

Krull, Kathleen. Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Manley, Curtis. Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet.

McAnulty, Stacy. Earth! My 4.54 Billion Years.

McAnulty, Stacy. Sun! One in a Billion.

Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola. Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow.

Robbins, Dean. Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Save the First Lunar Landing.

Slade, Suzanne. Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon.

Slade, Suzanne. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon.

Southgate, Vix. Dogs in Space: The Amazing True Story of Belka & Strelka.

 

Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool

Published on Mar 9, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: "A Universe of Stories", 2019 Summer Reading
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