You Are the First Kid on Mars
A copy of this book is currently orbiting Earth on board the International Space Station as part of a program in which an astronaut reads a children's book aloud and beams the video back to Earth to schoolkids.
“This is the kind of book that I dreamed of as a kid, and the reason I became a physicist and astronomer. This is the first time since the 1970s that I have seen the excitement of space travel conveyed in a way that is both inspiring and plausible.”
“O’Brien takes an inventive leap into the future... Made captivatingly real by stunning, photographlike digital art, this intriguing vision of space exploration should set imaginations soaring.”
“As strong as the narrative can be, though, it’s really the visuals that will drop most jaws.”
