The Challenger Explosion

Graphic Library Disasters in History

by Heather Adamson, Brian Bascle (Illustrator)

The Challenger Explosion by Adamson, Heather [Capstone Press, 2006] Library B...

Genres: History, Comics, Space

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

I live in South Dakota with my husband and my two boys. I also have a dog named Quincy.

I usually do my writing on my laptop at the dining room table. Or I use the computer in my office.

I love writing nonfiction books because I learn all sorts of interesting things about our world.

I hope you read some of my books and learn, too. Maybe you will even get an idea for something you'd like to write!

Reviews

[C.G.Koens · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a difficult story to make kid friendly, but for a graphic novel, it covers the basics. I have kids that would probably have nightmares from it, so you would have to decide whether your child could handle it or not. The thing I like about this series is that it offers a bunch of actual facts in the back after the graphic part is over.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

Naturally, this event was way to complicated to fit in this amount of space but there's no reason to avoid presenting it to the intended audience. It contains the specific opinion of the engineers which is the most telling factor in the disaster.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the simplified story accompanied by the graphics.

[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is really great for struggling readers and ones who like the graphic novels. I'm not real big on graphic novels which impacted my rating, but I did find the information interesting. I was a little over a year old when this took place so I certain wouldn't have remembered any of that. As someone who is a teacher now, I find the teachers who volunteered to go up into space as brave! I admire that kind of courage. I know I don't have it. I also found the Executives to be arrogant. This was over 60 years after the Titanic... didn't they know where arrogance gets people?

[Cameron Schriber]

I thought it was a good book I like how it gave enough information like the dates. It was cool how a teach got to go into space just because a few people picked her. I don't think that it was smart of NASA to fly the shuttle when MTI told them that it would be unsafe for the flight to happen because it was to cool. The MTI people told them not to fly the shuttle if it was under fifty three degrees out and it was only Twenty six

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfect for children to read and understand the event it doesn't go into to much drtail, so hopeful no bad dreams after reading it.

I was just a kid myself when the challenger explosion and in High school I was able to see the resting place for the crew in Washinton DC.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the Capstone Press non-fiction graphic novel series. It's bright, concise, easy to read and not a lot of visual clutter. These books make for a simple introduction to what are often complex historical topics.

[Dewi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Peristiwa Challenger yang mengguncang dunia. Semua orang begitu antusias merayakan peluncurannya. Namun sorak sorai itu hanya berlangsung beberapa detik sebelum berubah menjadi seruan kaget dan tangisan pilu.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am continuing to check out young reader nonfiction books for my grandchildren. Having just visited Kennedy Space Center with the 3 of them, I felt this might be a good book to start them on.