Space

Know It All!

by Moira Butterfield, Nick Lipscombe (Illustrator), Gary Biggin (Illustrator)

Aspiring astronauts learn what goes on inside a spacecraft and see all of the parts pictured and clearly explained in a colorful, detailed book featuring cross-sectional illustrations and offering a unique answer to the question "How does it work?" Original.

Genres: Childrens, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

I wrote my first book when I was 8 years old. I glued photos of my cats in a blank book and wrote about them, too. Now I am an internationally-published children's author commended by the Library of Congress for my work encouraging children to read.
I write in a room between a deli and an art gallery on a small town street. I can see families walking by, and I can hear children laughing and playing. It helps me to remember what exactly I'm doing this for - creating books for families all over the world to use together, and helping children to love words.

Reviews

[Joanna]

Out of the recent children’s space books I’ve read, this one seemed geared toward a slightly older audience, which made for a nice change of pace. It was still a survey of space in general (covering the universe, our solar system, and space travel) but it got a little bit more in depth. The layout was not overwhelming, the photos and illustrations were helpful, and the information was conveyed well. I think I even learned a few new things, which hasn’t been easy since most of the books cover about the same information.

[Wojtek Konieczny]

9/10

[Cheryl]

Wonderfully detailed illustrations of many of the rockets, station and suits worn by the space people. It really is chock full of short bites of information. One can spend a lot of time looking, reading and thinking.