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K-3Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series.
Illustrated by
True Kelley.
Asserting that "you may become the first person to walk on Mars," the second-person text explains how one would travel there, describes the living conditions of the Mars Station, and discusses what an explorer would find. The simple prose is accompanied by kid-friendly illustrations; a captioned photo on the endpapers reveals names scientists gave rocks found on the surface, including Stimpy and Bamm-Bamm.