A Day in Space

by Suzanne Lord, Jolie Epstein

Juvenile Intermediate reading level. Science Space Technology.

Genres: Space, Science, Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1986

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spend a day in space with the astronauts aboard the space shuttle. Find out what it’s like to walk in space, to launch a satellite, to eat, sleep, and brush your teeth without gravity.

With photographs of an actual shuttle mission, astronauts introduce young readers to the thrills and excitement of space. From practicing in the shuttle simulator to blasting off inside the shuttle attached to a giant rocket, young space enthusiasts learn about daily life two hundred miles above the planet Earth.

Highly recommended.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Day in Space by Suzanne Lord and Jolie Epstein is a perfect follow up to William Pogue's How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space? Written a year after Pogue's edition, it covers many of the same topics about life in space but from the point of view of living and working on a space shuttle. Of course with the shuttle about to be shelved, both books are now becoming a bit obsolete.

Lord and Epstein's book is also written as a series of questions and answers but aimed at younger readers (4-8 instead of 9-12). At only 32 pages long, it is much shorter than Pogue's more comprehensive volume.

Of the two books, I preferred A Day in Space as a casual read with my children. The emphasis is on the fun and bizarre details of life in space (like how marbles bunch up and the among of time it takes flies to get accustomed to weightlessness). For actual research, Pogue's longer book is better. If you have children interested in space travel, I recommend having a copy of each.

[Gaby Roman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book would be great for students who love space. If we were learning about astonauuts then I would use this book as a lesson opener. I would also place this book in my library. I thought it was great. I would encourgae my students to learn more about a particular astronaut, if they wanted.

[John Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Day in Space, Suzanne Lord
Grade Level: K-3
Topic: Space, Life in Space
Description: This book describes what life is like in space for astronauts in a rocket ship or on a space shuttle, and also touches on other topics of space like the planets.