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Seven Spacetastic Stories

Get ready to blast into outer space with this stellar selection of books for Space Week. 3, 2, 1 … lift off!

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Bizzy Bear: Space Rocket

Written by Nosy Crow Ltd Illustrated by Benji Davies
0-2
Five easy to move sliders, a rhyming story and lots to spot and say in this series of bright, interactive board books for toddlers! Bizzy Bear and his crew of intrepid astronauts are taking a trip into outer space! All little readers will love to join in with the countdown,…
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Where’s Mr Astronaut?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius
0-2
The original, award-winning Felt Flap series - perfect for babies and toddlers! Each title in this stylish series has five spreads with friendly characters to find behind colourful felt flaps. In Where's Mr Astronaut?, you're on the look out for Mrs Engineer, Mr Space Dog, Mrs Alien and Mr Astronaut…
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Make and Play: Space

Illustrated by Joey Chou
2-5
Make your own 3D space scene with this board book of press-outs with hours of activity fun! In this innovative new activity board book, children can assemble an out-of-this-world space scene. Featuring 20 unique designs such as astronauts, aliens and asteroids, the press-out pieces can be simply slotted together to…
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Suzy Orbit, Astronaut

Written by Ruth Quayle Illustrated by Jez Tuya
2-5
A humorous, inspirational picture book that shows how determination and resourcefulness can save the day! When Suzy Orbit and her boss, Captain Gizmo, hear that aliens have been spotted near their space station, they must act fast! But Captain Gizmo has no batteries for his space pod, his swanky new…
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How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs

Written by Dr Sheila Kanani Illustrated by Sol Linero
5-7
Related activity sheets available on the Nosy Crow website. Shortlisted for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut, a spaceship engineer or to work in Mission Control? Find out all about space and all the incredible space jobs you could do,…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy

Written by David Solomons
9-12
A brilliantly funny story of what happens when a galactic princess moves in next door and almost brings about the end of the world. Exciting new fiction from the bestselling, award-winning author of My Brother is a Superhero. Gavin's got a new neighbour and she's really annoying. Niki follows him…
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The Jamie Drake Equation

Written by Christopher Edge
9-12
How amazing would it be to have a dad who's an astronaut? Rocket launches, zero gravity, and flying through space like a superhero! Jamie Drake's dad is orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station and Jamie ought to think it's cool but he just really misses him... Hanging out…
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