A Trip into Space, How to Spy on a Shark, and Dig Those Dinosaurs

These three books feature simple, rhythmic texts, with fact-packed pages in the back.

 

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Now in paperback, too!

Hardcover, jacketed picture book. Ages 3 to 6. Albert Whitman & Company, 2014

Illustrated by Francisca Marquez

This look at life on the International Space Station is simple and cheerful, just right for the youngest of aspiring space travelers.
— School Library Journal
From the writer and illustrator of Dig Those Dinosaurs (2013) comes this appealing book that offers glimpses of life aboard the International Space Station. A good introductory book for young space fans.
— Booklist
A good introduction to the International Space Station for very young children just beginning to look beyond the stratosphere.
— Kirkus Review
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Now in paperback, too!

Hardcover, jacketed picture book. Ages 3 to 6. Albert Whitman & Company, 2015

Illustrated by Francisca Marquez

“Informative and kid-friendly.... A splendid bridge for introducing very young readers to expository texts.”
— School Library Journal
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Hardcover, jacketed picture book. Ages 3 to 6. Albert Whitman & Company, 2013

Illustrated by Francisca Marquez

New readers will happily clap along to the incantatory rhythms of this call to ‘dig, dig, dig’—in both senses of the word—dino fossils. Tailor-made for reading aloud.
— Kirkus Reviews
Houran’s rhyming text is just right for chanting (or singing along to the tune of “Skip to My Lou”) at storytimes. As each stage of the process repeats... young paleontologists carefully excavate dinosaur bones, assembling and displaying them in a museum.
— School Library Journal