How Do You Burp in Space?: And Other Tips Every Space Tourist Needs to Know

by Susan E. Goodman, Michael Slack (Illustrator)

Overview

Space tourists, get ready for takeoff! This playful non-fiction travel guide to outer space will prepare you for your first intergalactic vacation.

Want to blast into orbit? Walk on the moon? Snag a glimpse of the Big Blue Marble (aka planet Earth) from afar? Well your time is coming! And when it does, you're going to need How Do You Burp in Space?

Discover all of the information you'll need to plan a stellar vacation:

-what to pack (hint: no bubble bath or juggling balls)

-what to expect from your accommodations (a sleeping bag attached to the wall)

-and what to do for fun (leapfrog on the moon!).

Grounded in the facts of space travel and the imminent future of space tourism, this guide book will answer any curious kid's questions about life in space, and inspire young adventurers to reach for the stars.

Buckle up for a trip that's out-of-this-world!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599900681
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	07/09/2013
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Susan E. Goodman is the author of more than thirty nonfiction books for children, including How Do You Burp in Space?; See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House;All in Just One Cookie, an ALA Notable Book; and On This Spot, a Washington Post Top Picture Book of the Year. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

www.susangoodmanbooks.com

MICHAEL SLACK's illustrations have appeared in books, magazines, advertisements, and on television. His previous picture books include My Life as a Chicken and Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry.

www.slackart.com

Editorial Reviews

Informative, entertaining, and timely, this is a fine example of how well-conceived humor can make a potentially complicated topic not only more appealing, but also more comprehensible and even inspiring.” —School Library Journal on See How They Run

““Aimed at readers who will be part of the first generation of true space tourists, this breezy guide offers general advice about how to prepare for the trip.”” —School Library Journal

““A fizzy look at what space vacationers of the near future can expect.”” —Kirkus Reviews

“This witty "Schoolhouse Rock"-style book uses easy to understand examples to explain nearly every aspect of the voting process....It features a wealth of trivia to intrigue kids and adults alike.” —New York Post on See How They Run

From the Publisher

With space tourism close to becoming a reality, Goodman and Slack offer aspiring young intergalactic travelers an entertaining and informative travel guide. The slim handbook gives readers who will be the first generation of true space tourists general advice about how to prepare for the trip, what to pack, what food and accommodations will be like, and recreational opportunities both in Earth's orbit and on the moon. She also highlights some hazards, such as drinking carbonated drinks: Burping in microgravity brings up more than just CO2. The details included are both revelatory and delivered in a way that maximizes engagement: Space tourists are advised to make sure words on the walls are right side up when orienting themselves in zero gravity. The breezy narrative also incorporates amusing and inspirational comments from astronauts and space scientists. In addition to an abundant collection of space and astronaut photographs are goofy cartoon images complementing Goodman's light tone. An unfortunate oversight in the suggestions for further reading is the omission of Tanya Lee Stone's Sibert-winning Almost Astronauts (2009) among other books on space travel. A fizzy look at what space vacationers of the near future can expect. (photographs, glossary, websites, source notes, index [not seen]) (Nonfiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews

Gr 4–6—Aimed at readers who will be part of the first generation of true space tourists, this breezy guide offers general advice about how to prepare for the trip, what to pack, what food and accommodations are going to be like, and suitable recreations both in Earth's orbit and on the Moon. Keeping the tone light, Goodman mentions hazards from vacuum to carbonated drinks (burping in microgravity brings up more than just CO2), intersperses her narrative with amusing or inspirational comments from astronauts and space scientists, and closes with leads to print and Web resources that are well chosen to turn armchair travelers into the other sort (when technology finally catches up with demand, that is). To the accompanying broad array of space and astronaut photos Slack adds goofy cartoon images of figures or spacecraft-sometimes actually within the photos themselves. Aside from an inaccurate claim that "most spacecrafts' engines work only in space," and a vague reference to the danger of an "occasional galactic ray," the information, some of which is drawn from talks with astronauts, reflects either actual conditions and experiences in space or credible speculations about the near future of recreational off-planet outings.—John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New York City

School Library Journal