"How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs" by Dr Sheila Kanani and Sol Linero (Nosy Crow)

Continuing our space-themed week, here's another brilliant book from Nosy Crow that talks about what it takes to be an Astronaut, but also details the many other careers that kids can think about when it comes to the exploration of space, and space science.

"How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs" by Dr Sheila Kanani and Sol Linero may be designed for younger readers, but it was also quite fascinating for C - mainly because we were recently lucky enough to visit the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, a completely awe-inspiring place for would-be space cadets.

The book is full of brilliant illustrations and facts about the many, many supporting staff and scientists who work at the very top of their field in space science and exploration, supporting those Astronauts lucky enough to actually blast off into space.

As well as detailing what you'll go through as one of those lucky folk, there are great sections on every possible career you can think of, from the folk who have to design tasty food for consumption in space, to the plucky folk who have to balance the books when it comes to paying for that new gleaming spaceship.

Let's take a peek at the spreads inside...

Fancy working out there in the inky blackness? What's out there aside from the moon?

Life on board the International Space Station. Lunch is challenging then!

Love the diversity in this book, huge tick for that. 

A really fabulous book this, filled with tons of amazing information to pique kids' interest in a space career.

Sum this book up in a sentence: A really neat approach to discussing the exploration of space in a kid-friendly way, showing how much support Astronauts get from a huge number of other folk working on space projects.

"How to be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs" by Dr Sheila Kanani and Sol Linero is out now, published by Nosy Crow (Kindly supplied for review).