Welcome to Mars : making a home on the red planet /

Space is still the final frontier and Mars continues to make news and attract generations of young people. In this fascinating book, hero-astronaut Buzz Aldrin challenges curious kids to think about Mars as not just a faraway red planet but as a possible future home for Earthlings! What will your ne...

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Main Authors: Aldrin, Buzz (Author)
Group Author: Dyson, Marianne J.
Published: National Geographic Kids,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: National Geographic kids
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Summary: Space is still the final frontier and Mars continues to make news and attract generations of young people. In this fascinating book, hero-astronaut Buzz Aldrin challenges curious kids to think about Mars as not just a faraway red planet but as a possible future home for Earthlings! What will your new home be like? How will you get there? What will you eat for breakfast? Find out what life might be like far, far from Earth as you navigate your way through this fun and fascinating book. What kid wouldn't want to blast off with him on this (literary) journey! --
Carrier Form: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Audience: 900L
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 2 (easy)
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781426322068
1426322062
9781426322075
1426322070
Index Number: TL799
CLC: P185.3-49
Call Number: P185.3-49/A365
Contents: Why Mars? -- All aboard -- Martians attack -- Approaching Mars -- Riches of Mars -- Martian home -- Green Mars.