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A Day in the Life of an Astronaut, Mars and the Distant Stars

Space as You've Never Seen it Before

Mike Barfield author Jess Bradley illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Published:16th Feb '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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Journey through outer space with the latest non-fiction comic collection from Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley’s award-winning series.

Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley team up once again to give you a taste of a day in the life of Space.

Take a colourful and comical tour through our galaxy and beyond with this fun new comic collection from Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley.

Discover the poisonous clouds of Venus, the rings of Saturn and the raging storm on Jupiter. Venture inside nebulae, black holes, supernovas and far-flung galaxies. Find out about the historic figures who pioneered space travel, the animals who ventured to the stars so humans could follow and the ground-breaking technology that took them there.

With over 90 fun-packed entries, children will laugh as they learn about the wonders of the universe. Each entry uses a colourful comic-strip style to delight and inform young readers in equal measure.

Also available in the series:
A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu andYou (Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2021) 9781780556468
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything inBetween 9781780557137

An engaging comic-book format, managing to pack in an incredible amount of information ... a fun and entertaining introduction to space for young children. * BBC Sky at Night Magazine *
It takes just 120 pages of humorous text and idiosyncratic cartoons to deliver a decent summary of our knowledge about space and the technology we use to investigate it. The science is comprehensive, sound and I learnt something new on every page… Barfield does not skip the difficult subjects (dark matter, speed of light) but gives us plenty of light-hearted detail as well: burps in space are quite the problem apparently! * Armadillo magazine *
Accessible and memorable * Teach Primary *

ISBN: 9781780557441

Dimensions: 280mm x 216mm x 10mm

Weight: 580g

128 pages