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ISBN 13 : 9780578645063
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)
Book Synopsis Gorby and the Lady Astronaut by :
Download or read book Gorby and the Lady Astronaut written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonnie Pandya, the author of this book, is the mother of an astronaut, Suni Williams. While her daughter served aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly six months in 2006-2007, Bonnie would regularly create short stories about the antics of their beloved pets. When Bonnie completed each story, she would email them to Suni aboard the ISS. Suni then would read them aloud to the rest of the crew of the ISS before they all retired for bed. Bonnie wrote nearly three dozen of these amusing stories. On the heels of Suni's (her name is pronounced "Sunny") 2020 mission which she will command, Bonnie decided to release the stories in the form of a children's book. The stories have been edited for girls and boys from seven years-of-age and above. This children's book has been fully-illustrated with inclusive artwork, and it features an addendum of real-life "snapshots" of Suni' and many of the characters illustrated in the stories. It also has a Glossary-of Terms written in plain language for the young reader.The book was written to be both educational and entertaining. Specifically, it offers the perfect complement to middle school instruction designed around the inaugural mission of NASA's new Boeing "Starliner" capsule (Crew Space Transportation, CST-100,) which is scheduled to be launched for the first time to the ISS in late 2020 or early 2021.