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Genre/Form: | Picture books Picture books for children Children's stories Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction, Preschool |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark E Kelly; C F Payne |
ISBN: | 9781442458246 1442458240 9781442458321 1442458321 |
OCLC Number: | 779266103 |
Notes: | "A Paula Wiseman Book." |
Awards: | Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) 2015 Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Primary) 2015 Short-listed for Black-Eyed Susan Award (Picture Book) 2013 |
Target Audience: | Elementary Grade.; 670 |
Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Responsibility: | Mark Kelly ; illustrated by C.F. Payne. |
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Here the mouse is headed in the opposite direction. This first children's book by Kelly, a retired astronaut and husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, builds on his experience with real mice aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. Eighteen of them. In this winning story there are six, and as the smallest one, Meteor gets to perform his own special mission. After helping the astronauts out of a potential Apollo 13 calamity, Meteor is declared a hero-sure to please many fellow pipsqueaks back on Earth. -- The New York Times Book Reivew "Inspired by this real-life mouse, Kelly's first children's book tells the story of Meteor, a lightly anthropomorphized rodent who turns his tininess into an advantage when an important key gets stuck in a crack between two monitors. ... textured images and vivid portraits that make it absolutely clear that space travel is a larger-than-life adventure. " -- Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly * "In this picture book based on the space shuttle Endeavor ...,Meteor is one of the smallest mice, but the most hardworking. ...The values of being small, useful, solving problems, and working hard-as opposed to being big and strong-will inspire young readers." -- School Library Jounral -- School Library Journal "This little mouse may well inspire some big dreams." -- Kirkus * Kirkus * Read more...


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