Blast off with Astronaut Girl!
A chapter book series that’s out of this world!
Can Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew make their debut in this action-packed chapter book series. Lively and humorous illustrations by Gillian Reid bring the story to life.
Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.
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JOURNEY TO THE MOON
Astronaut Girl #1
Val, aka Astronaut Girl, is just your typical eight-year-old scientist. She has her own laboratory and conducts experiments with her crew–her cat and baby brother. She loves science and knows everything about outer space. That’s why she’s surprised to learn that her new neighbor Wallace would rather talk about a fake space show than about real missions. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew get lost on their own lunar adventure, they must all work together to find their way back home.
STAR POWER
Astronaut Girl #2
Everyone knows that humans can’t travel to the sun…at least that’s true in the year 2020. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew find themselves orbiting the sun in a solar probe, they soon discover that they’ve gone almost one thousand years into the future! As they are zipping through space, the heat shields on their spacecraft come loose. They must find a way to fix it and get back to Earth in time for Wallace’s family barbecue and before their probe gets baked like a potato!
SILVER AND GOLD
Astronaut Girl #3
Val and Wallace aren’t looking forward to the last weekend of summer vacation, though they are excited about going to the local town fair! But after Wallace’s friend Carlos shows up for a visit, the day quickly goes downhill for Val. Things get even worse when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, the Astro crew, and Carlos end up in a spaceship zigzagging through an asteroid belt! Can Val and Carlos put their differences aside to get them all safely back home?
Coming 5/11/21
MISSION TO MARS
Astronaut Girl #4
When Val’s teacher gives her class a science assignment to build terrariums, Val can’t wait to get started! She’s picked Wallace and her two friends, Ling and Abby, to join her group, and she expects to be in charge…after all, she is Astronaut Girl! But Val soon discovers it’s impossible for them to agree on anything. And things don’t get much better when the group and the Astro Crew zoom off to Mars for an outer-space adventure. Can the group finally put their heads together in order to save themselves from a giant sandstorm, or will they be stranded on Mars forever?
Illustrations © Penguin Random House LLC Illustrations by Gillian Reid