A Trip Into Space: An Adventure to the International Space Station

PreS-Gr 2—This look at life on the International Space Station is simple and cheerful, just right for the youngest of aspiring space travelers. It features unfussy full-bleed illustrations of astronauts loading supplies, taking a space walk, eating, sleeping, etc. The minimal text is clean and clear, but it's pegged to a rhyme that does not always succeed, and there's the less-than-apt and perhaps slightly disturbing description of "whipping through space." Nonetheless, the book is an up-to-date addition to the subject for the targeted age group, thanks to the appealing artwork in fresh colors, plain writing, and solid tidbits of information at the end, which further explain the equipped "blip" known as the International Space Station, where astronauts are shown sipping, flipping, clipped up, and zipped up.—Alyson Low, Fayetteville Public Library, AR