The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Branley, Franklyn M. Kelley, True, Illustrator

Floating in Space

32 pp. | HarperCollins | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-06-025432-7 | Library ISBN 0-06-025433-5

(3) K-3 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Descriptions of how astronauts live and work on the space shuttle include the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope as well as the basics of eating and sleeping in space. Simple yet thorough explanations of gravity and weightlessness frame the otherwise descriptive text. The color illustrations include clearly labeled diagrams of space suits, space toilets, and meal trays.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.