Curiosity: the Story of a Mars Rover
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · March 13, 2018
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- Who it’s for
- Follow Curiosity’s Mars mission through an accessible, fact-filled account told in the rover’s own voice.
- Themes
- Mars exploration, Search for evidence of life, Robotic space missions
- Genres
- Space & Rockets, Astronomy, Robots & Robotics
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"This accessible look at interplanetary exploration will appeal to a broad range of young space enthusiasts."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars — and now she’s ready to guide you through her journey firsthand.
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From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for evidence of life. How did Curiosity get her name? What tools does she use to carry out her tasks? In her own voice, the popular NASA rover tells how and why she traveled more than 350,000,000 miles to explore a planet no human has ever visited . . . and what she’s been doing there. In his debut picture book, Markus Motum brings Curiosity’s story to life in vivid color: the deep blues of space set off the warm, rusted hues of Mars’s dusty red surface, marking this lovable rover and her mission as something special — truly a world apart.
A Rover’s Perspective
Follow Curiosity’s Mars mission through an accessible, fact-filled account told in the rover’s own voice.
Come here for
- A firsthand take on interplanetary exploration
- Questions about the rover’s name, tools, and mission
Expect
- Mission details from idea to creation and beyond
- Vivid color, from deep space blues to Mars’s rusted hues
Where it sits
| Space & Rockets | 89% |
|---|---|
| Robots & Robotics | 70% |
| Astronomy | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Space & Rockets
- Astronomy
- Scientific Discoveries
- Authors
- Markus Motum
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- March 13, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Mars exploration · Search for evidence of life · Robotic space missions
- Reading lane
- Space & Rockets