Space

by OSBORNE, MARY POPEOSBORNE, WILL

• ISBN13: 9780375813566
• ISBN10: 037581356X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-02-26
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Summary

How did the universe begin? How hot is the sun? How long does it take to get to the moon? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Space, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the secrets of the universe. Including information on stars, planets, space travel, life on other planets, and much more!

Author Biography

WILL OSBORNE and MARY POPE OSBORNE have been married for a number of years and live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs, Joey, Mr. Bezo, and Little Bear.

Mary is the author of over one hundred books for children, including novels, picture books, biographies, and retellings of fairy tales and world mythologies. Will has worked for many years in the theater as an actor, director, and playwright. Together he and Mary have coauthored two books of Greek mythology and eight Magic Tree House® Fact Trackers. Will has also written a multimedia planetarium show, Magic Tree House Space Mission, and is cocreator with Randy Courts of Magic Tree House: The Musical, a full-scale Broadway-style family musical based on Christmas in Camelot.

SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text books. He is also a librettist for children'sopera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.

Table of Contents

Astronomy	13	(14)
The Universe	27	(8)
The Sun	35	(10)
Our Solar System	45	(32)
Space Travel	77	(10)
From Earth to the Moon	87	(12)
Space Travel Today	99	(12)
Living and Working in Space	111	(10)
The Future	121	(5)
Doing More Research	126	(7)
Index	133