Friday, 15 December 2017
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th December 2017 - "Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover" by Markus Motum (Walker Books)
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In at the very end of the year with a superb space title comes Walker Books with "Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover" by Markus Motum.
This has to be one of the most stylish space books for tinies we've ever seen, detailing the phenomenal journey of exploration of a lonely roving robot, providing humans with a tantalising glimpse of a planet 350,000,000 miles away.
Our nearest neighbour Mars has long held human fascination. The red planet is now being explored by one of the most successful remote rover missions ever conducted in human history.
The Curiosity Mars Rover has been slowly and painstakingly documenting the surface of mars since its successful touchdown back in 2012.
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| Touchdown! And the crowd goes wild...! |
Markus' perfect illustrations are utterly beautiful, coupled with simple explanations of the various stages of the mission (and of course what Curiosity is up to at the moment).
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| Rocketing off to Mars. Curiosity safely tucked inside. |
Charlotte's best bit: Learning about Curiosity's perilous touchdown.
Daddy's favourite bit: An utterly beautifully presented slice of space for the very young. Perfect in fact!
(Kindly supplied for review)
"Curiosity: The story of a Mars Rover" by Markus Motum is out now, published by Walker Books.
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