Sources Available in the School Media Center 

Reference Materials

Inc, Scholastic.  Scholastic children's encyclopedia.  New York: Scholastic Reference, 2004.

                REF 031 SCH

World Book, Inc.  Galaxies and the Universe.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.1 GAL

World Book, Inc.  Telescopes and space probes.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 522.2 TEL

World Book, Inc.  Earth and Earth's moon.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 525 EAR

World Book, Inc.  Human space exploration.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 629.45 HUM

World Book, Inc.  Jupiter.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.45 JUP

World Book, Inc.  Mars.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.43 MAR

World Book, Inc.  Mercury and Venus.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.41 MER

World Book, Inc.  Neptune and Pluto.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.48 NEP

World Book, Inc.  Saturn and Uranus.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.4 SAT

World Book, Inc.  The sun and other stars.  Chicago: World Book, 2006.

                REF 523.7 SUN

World Book, Inc.  The World Book encyclopedia of people and places.  Chicago: World Book, 2005.

                REF 031 WOR V. 1

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia.  Chicago: World Book, 2005.

                REF 031 WOR V. 1

Non-Fiction

Constellations

Birch, Robin.  Stars.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2003.

                523.8 BIR

Croswell, Ken.  See the stars : your first guide to the night sky.  Honesdale, Pa.: Boyds Mills Press, 2000.

                523 CRO

Mitton, Jacqueline, and Christina Balit.  Once upon a starry night : a book of constellations.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2003.

                523.8 MIT

Rey, H A.  Find the constellations.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.

                523.8 REY

Rey, H A.  The stars : a new way to see them.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

                523.8 REY

Ridpath, Ian, Royal G. Observatory, and Smithsonian Institution.  Stars and planets.  London: DK Pub., 2002.

                520 RID

Rockwell, Anne F.  Our stars.  San Diego: Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1999.

                523.8 ROC

Space

Ackroyd, Peter.  Escape from Earth.  London: DK, 2003.

                629.4 ACK

Adamson, Thomas K.  Astronauts.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2007.

                E 629.45 ADA 

Ames, Lee J.  Draw 50 airplanes, aircraft, & spacecraft.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977.

                743 AME

Ames, Lee J., and Ric Estrada.  Draw 50 aliens, UFOs, galaxy ghouls, Milky Way marauders, and other extraterrestrial creatures.  New York: Doubleday, 1998.

                743 AME

Barton, Byron.  I want to be an astronaut.  New York: Crowell, 1988.

                E BAR

Berger, Melvin, and Gilda Berger.  Can you hear a shout in space? : questions and answers about space exploration.  New York: Scholastic Reference, 2000.

                629.4 BER

Branley, Franklyn M.  The International Space Station.  [New York]: HarperCollins, 2000.

                E 629.44 BRA

Bredeson, Carmen.  John Glenn returns to orbit : life on the space shuttle.  Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2000.

                629.47 BRE

by the editors of Yes mag.  The amazing international space station.  Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2003.

                629.442 AMA

Davis, Kenneth C.  Space.  New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

                520 DAV

Dyson, Marianne J.  Home on the moon : living on a space frontier.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2003.

                919.91 DYS

Goodman, Susan E.  Ultimate field trip 5 : blasting off to Space Academy.  New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.

                629.45 GOO

Moore, Eva.  Space explorers.  New York: Scholastic, 2000.

                523.1 MOO

Murphy, Patricia J.  Exploring space with an astronaut.  Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2004.

                629.45 MUR

Murphy, Stuart J.  Captain Invincible and the space shapes.  New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

                516 MUR

Nettleton, Pamela H.  Sally Ride : astronaut, scientist, teacher.  Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2004.

                E 92 RID

Royston, Angela.  Space station : accident on Mir.  London: DK, 2000.

                363.12 ROY

Simon, Seymour.  Destination: space.  New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

                520 SIM

Stille, Darlene R.  Space shuttle.  Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2004.

                629.44 STI

Stott, Carole.  Space exploration.  London: DK, 2004.

                629.4 STO

Sweeney, Joan.  Me and my place in space.  New York: Dragonfly Books, 1999.

                520 SWE

Wilkinson, Philip.  Spacebusters : the race to the moon.  New York: DK Pub., 1998.

                629.45 WIL

Solar System

Adamson, Thomas K.  Pluto : a dwarf planet.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2008.

                523.48 ADA

Adamson, Thomas K.  The first moon landing.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone, 2007.

                629.45 ADA

Adamson, Thomas K.  Uranus.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                523.47 ADA

Aldrin, Buzz.  Buzz Aldrin : reaching for the moon.  New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

                92 ALD

Ashby, Ruth.  Rocket man : the Mercury adventure of John Glenn.  Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Publishers, 2004.

                92 GLE

Birch, Robin.  Earth.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                525 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Jupiter.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.45 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Mars.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.43 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Mercury.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.41 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Neptune.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.48 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Pluto.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.48 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Saturn.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.46 BIR

Birch, Robin.  The moon.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.3 BIR

Birch, Robin.  The sun.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.7 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Uranus.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.47 BIR

Birch, Robin.  Venus.  Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2004.

                523.42 BIR

Branley, Franklyn M.  The planets in our solar system.  New York: HarperCollins, 1998.

                E 523.4 BRA

Cole, Joanna.  The magic school bus lost in the solar system.  New York: Scholastic Inc., 1990.

                523.3 COL

Davis, Kenneth C.  Don't know much about the solar system.  New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

                523.2 DAV

Donnelly, Judy.  Moonwalk : the first trip to the moon.  New York: Random, 2003.

                629.45 DON

Dunn, Joeming W.  Moon landing.  Edina, Minn.: Magic Wagon, 2008.

                629.45 DUN

Gibbons, Gail.  The planets.  New York: Holiday House, 1993.

                LOOK UP

Graham, Ian.  The moon.  North Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, 2008.

                523.3

Jenkins, Alvin W.  Next stop, Neptune : experiencing the solar system.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

                523.2 JEN

Kerrod, Robin.  The solar system.  Minneapolis: Lerner, 2000.

                523.3 KER

Mitchell, Melanie.  Earth.  Minneapolis, MN: Lerner, 2004.

                E 550 MIT

Rau, Dana M.  Hot and bright : a book about the sun.  Minneapolis, MN: Picture                 Window Books, 2006.

                523.7 RAU

Richardson, Adele.  Jupiter.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.45 RIC

Richardson, Adele.  Mars.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.43 RIC

Richardson, Adele.  Mercury.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.41 RIC

Richardson, Adele.  Saturn.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.46 RIC

Schyffert, Bea U.  The man who went to the far side of the moon : the story of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003.

                92 COL

Simon, Seymour.  Earth : our planet in space.  New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.

                525 SIM

Simon, Seymour.  Planets around the sun.  New York: SeaStar Books, 2002.

                LOOK UP

Simon, Seymour.  The moon.  New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.

                559.9 SIM

Siy, Alexandra.  Footprints on the moon.  Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2001.

                629.45 SIY

White, Nancy, and Joanna Cole.  The magic school bus sees stars : a book about stars.  New York: Scholastic, 1999.

                LOOK UP

Winrich, Ralph.  Neptune.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.481 WIN

Winrich, Ralph.  The moon.  Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press, 2005.

                E 523.3 WIN

Fiction

The following books contain an outer space theme in the story line. They have been included for reading pleasure. Do not reference these books for your constellation projects, because they would not be considered a reliable source of information.    

Cazet, Denys.  Minnie and Moo and the potato from Planet X.  [New York]: HarperCollins, 2002.

                E CAZ

Dadey, Debbie, and Marcia Jones.  Aliens don't wear braces.  New York: Scholastic, 1993.

                FIC DAD

Dadey, Debbie, and Marcia Jones.  Mrs. Jeepers in outer space.  New York: Scholastic, 1999.

                FIC DAD

Dahl, Roald.  Charlie and the great glass elevator : the further adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willie Wonka, chocolate-maker extraordinary.  New York: A.A. Knopf, 2001.

                FIC DAH

DiTerlizzi, Tony.  Jimmy Zangwow's out-of-this-world moon pie adventure.  New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.

                E DIT

Eager, Edward.  Half magic.  San Diego: Harcourt, 1999.

                FIC EAG

Edwards, Roberta.  Space kid.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1996.

                E EDW

Horowitz, Anthony.  Ark angel.  New York: Philomel Books, 2006.

                FIC HOR

Jordan, Apple.  Buzz's backpack adventure.  New York: Random House, 2004.

                E JOR

Loomis, Christine.  Astro Bunnies.  New York: G.P. Putnam, 2001.

                E LOO

Marshall, Edward, and James Marshall.  Space case.  New York: Dial Press, 1980.

                E MAR

Osborne, Mary P.  Winter of the ice wizard.  New York: Random House, 2004.

                FIC OSB

Paulsen, Gary.  The time hackers.  New York: Yearling, 2006.

                FIC PAU

Pilkey, Dav.  Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of the equally evil lunchr.  New York: Blue Sky Press, 1999.

                FIC PIL

Scieszka, Jon.  Baloney (Henry P.).  New York: Viking, 2001.

                FIC SCI

The magic school bus space adventures.  distributed by Warner Home Video, 2003.

                DVD 523 MAG [Video]

Watson, Jude.  Queen Amidala.  New York: Scholastic, 1999.

                FIC WAT

Watson, Jude.  The captive temple.  New York: Scholastic, 2000.

                FIC WAT

Watson, Jude.  The Defenders of the Dead.  New York: Scholastic, 1999.

                FIC WAT

Yorinks, Arthur.  Company's coming.  New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.

                E YOR