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What NOT To Do In Outer Space
An Intergalactic Adventure!
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SPACE FANS. We are T-minus 30 seconds from lift-off! Get ready, there is so much to do in Outer Spaaaaaaaaaace! So begins the young narrator's livestream of his epic trip to outer space. He is all set to entertain the fans watching back home — if...
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SPACE FANS. We are T-minus 30 seconds from lift-off! Get ready, there is so much to do in Outer Spaaaaaaaaaace!
So begins the young narrator's livestream of his epic trip to outer space. He is all set to entertain the fans watching back home — if it weren't for the pesky tour guide trying to ruin all his fun!
Want to try floating chocolate milk into your mouth?
NO! Too dangerous, that could short circuit the spaceship's electronics.
Want to open the window and see what space smells like?
NO, NO! All the air will be vacuumed out of your lungs.
Want to start a snowball fight on Mars? Catch a falling diamond on Neptune?
NO, NO, NO! Ugh, you can't do ANYTHING fun in space.
Along the way, questions pop up via the livestream and are answered by space experts, cleverly integrating fascinating space facts throughout the tour of space.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781836006374
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Happy Yak
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Victoria Stebleva
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 235.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 570g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Anna Crowley Redding is the talented and versatile author of many non-fiction books: from picture books to chapter books to middle-grade. Before diving into the deep end of writing for children, Anna Crowley Redding's first career was as an Emmy-award winning investigative television reporter, anchor and journalist. The recipient of multiple Edward R. Murrow awards and recognised by the Associated Press for her reporting, Redding now focuses her stealthy detective skills on digging up great stories for kids - which, as it turns out, is her true passion.
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