If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon

Informationen zum Autor Joyce Lapin is very active in SCBWI. This is her first book for young readers. She now lives with her family in Simsbury, CT. Simona Ceccarelli is a freelance illustrator who has worked as both a scientist and an art director. Originally from Como, Italy, she’s now based in Basel, Switzerland. Klappentext Blast off to an extra-terrestrial birthday party, where young readers can imagine what it would be like to spend a 30-day birthday on a low-gravity playground. With each new discovery, children will learn the science behind the surprise, explained in terms they'll understand Complete with sidebars and a glossary, this entertaining adventure is perfect for sharing at home and at school Zusammenfassung If you had your birthday party on the moon, what would it be like? Blast off to an extraterrestrial celebration and find out! This cool picture book combines fun and facts to help kids learn all about outer space.    Have your birthday party on the moon and everyone will come! After all, who wouldn’t want to ride in a rocket and celebrate for a day that lasts as long as a month on Earth? Then, young partygoers could romp in a low-gravity playground; watch candles and balloons behave weirdly in the Moon’s atmosphere; and see why the “moon angels” they make in the thick carpet of lunar dust will last for thousands of years. With each discovery, kids learn the science behind the surprise, explained in terms they’ll understand. Complete with sidebars and a glossary, this entertaining adventure is perfect for sharing at home and at school.   Full of facts about the moon and space!

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Lapin, Joyce/ Ceccarelli Lapin
• Assisted by: Simona Ceccarelli (Illustration), Simona Ceccarelli (Translation)
• Publisher: Union Square
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781454929703
• ISBN: 978-1-4549-2970-3
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 283 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; Bilderbuch, empfohlenes Alter: ab 5 Jahre, Astronomie, Raum und Zeit, Englische Bücher / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Amerikanische Belletristik / Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur