My all time favorite book from my early gradeschool years, around 5th grade, in the 1970's and still a classic for today are the SciFi books Eleanor wrote for her son. The several book series (some no longer in print) is about a mushroom planet only visible with a special lense. Two boys respond to an add in the paper to build a space ship and suprisingly find themselves visiting this planet. The first book of this collection and still in print is:
"The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet" The second book is still in print also: "Stowaway to Mushroom Planet".
Another favorate of mine is
"Stowaway to the moon; The Camelot Odyssey"
by William Roy Shelton.
A young boy gets on baord a NASA flight to the Moon and encounters all the difficulties of space and risk of space flight along with the crew. The idea of a kid sneaking aboard a NASA flight to the moon seems ridiculous on its face, but Shelton really delivers a credible story here. From beginning to end. Kids will love it and adults will appreciate the authenticity.
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My all time favorite book from my early gradeschool years, around 5th grade, in the 1970's and still a classic for today are the SciFi books Eleanor wrote for her son. The several book series (some no longer in print) is about a mushroom planet only visible with a special lense. Two boys respond to an add in the paper to build a space ship and suprisingly find themselves visiting this planet. The first book of this collection and still in print is: "The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet" The second book is still in print also: "Stowaway to Mushroom Planet". Another favorate of mine is "Stowaway to the moon; The Camelot Odyssey" by William Roy Shelton. A young boy gets on baord a NASA flight to the Moon and encounters all the difficulties of space and risk of space flight along with the crew. The idea of a kid sneaking aboard a NASA flight to the moon seems ridiculous on its face, but Shelton really delivers a credible story here. From beginning to end. Kids will love it and adults will appreciate the authenticity.