Books about space
Take a look at our favourite children's books about space.
These great intergalactic adventures for all ages will take you on exciting interstellar journeys through the cosmos...
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The Book of Blast Off! 15 Real-life Space Missions
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The Book of Blast Off! 15 Real-life Space Missions
Discover the details of 15 real-life missions into space – all told in accessible rhyme, and with vibrant illustrations. Not just …
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Astrid and the Space Cadets: Attack of the Snailiens!
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Astrid and the Space Cadets: Attack of the Snailiens!
Every night, six-year-old Astrid transforms into a Space Cadet, an intergalactic helper who zooms across the universe to solve pro…
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We Are All Astronauts!
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We Are All Astronauts!
Luna and her granny learn how to be astronauts together. Packed with space facts, and brilliantly illustrated, this is inspiring S…
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Swarm Rising
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Swarm Rising
An absorbing, exciting, sci-fi adventure based on an ingenious concept, thoughtfully planned and with a strong environmental messa…
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Space Blasters: Suzie Saves the Universe
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Space Blasters: Suzie Saves the Universe
Suzie’s invention has sent her into space! Can she and the spaceship crew solve the mystery of the missing moons? Pacy and excitin…
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The Space Race: The Journey to the Moon and Beyond
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The Space Race: The Journey to the Moon and Beyond
If you’re looking for a thorough overview of the development of space travel and the various moon landings, as well as some tantal…
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Universal Guide to the Night Sky
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Universal Guide to the Night Sky
A delightful, clear and informative book about stars, the moon, satellites, the sun, the planets and constellations, with lots of …
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Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission
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Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission
Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise were over 200,000 miles from Earth, in a rocket on the way to the moon, when a …
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Space Oddity
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Space Oddity
Jake thinks his dad is just embarrassing, but it turns out he’s an alien! This is a funny and heart-warming sci-fi story about a f…
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The Kid Who Came from Space
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The Kid Who Came from Space
When Tammy disappears, her brother Ethan instinctively knows she's still alive. A few days later, a short, hairy alien called Hell…
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Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison
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Work It, Girl: Blast Off Into Space Like Mae Jemison
A beautifully written and illustrated book about the inspiring life story of Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, from the…
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How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs
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How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs
Lots of children think they might like to be an astronaut, but what other jobs could one do and still be involved in space explora…
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Space Kids
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Space Kids
Including topics such as stars, planets, moons, gravity and even how astronauts are able to eat and sleep, each page of this fasci…
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Aliens Love Underpants
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Aliens Love Underpants
Underpants are a source of humour whatever your reading age, even, it appears, when it comes to aliens!
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A Wrinkle in Time
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A Wrinkle in Time
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet wher…
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The Man on the Moon!
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The Man on the Moon!
Bob knows almost everything there is to know about the moon - but there's something going on behind his back that he hasn't spotte…
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Toys in Space
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Toys in Space
The toys have been left outside in the garden one summer night. To help to pass the time till morning, Wonderdoll begins to tell a…
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You Choose In Space
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You Choose In Space
You choose how this story unfolds, so a new adventure can be enjoyed each time of reading. A spectacular book to stimulate cr…
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