Favorite Books on NASA and Space Travel for Kids

My eldest has been obsessed with NASA ever since he watched the live launch of Space X Crew Dragon last 2020. Since then, we’ve amassed quite a collection of space travel themed books.

Here are some of our favorites!

*Note: My son’s interest is very specific to space travel and NASA only. He is not into planets and the solar system. So, although some books listed here touch on those, I did not include solar system books in this list.

Picture Storybooks

1. Moonshot: Apollo 11 Landing

2. Mae Among the Stars: Biography on NASA astronaut Mae Jemison

3. Computer Called Katherine: Biography on NASA scientist Katherine Johnson

4. Margaret and the Moon: Biography on NASA scientist Margaret Hamilton

5. Reaching for the Moon: Written and about Buzz Aldrin

6. The First Moon Landing

7. Hidden Figures: Story of 4 Women of NASA

 

Early Readers:

1. You Should Meet Mae Jemison

2. You Should Meet Katherine Johnson

3. Journey to the Stars: Written by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly

4. What is NASA?

5. Who Was Neil Armstrong?: Note that there are mentions of Neil’s daughter dying. It’s a nice bio but my child who is sensitive to these issues did not appreciate reading that.

6. Floating in Space (Let’s Read and Find Out)

7. Space Station (Let’s Read and Find Out)

8. What is the Moon Like (Let’s Read and Find Out)

9. Mission to Mars (Let’s Read and Find Out)

 

Reference Books

1. Usborne See Inside Space Stations and Spacecrafts

2. The Ultimate Book of Space

3. Ultimate Spotlight Astronauts

4. Big Book of Space

5. Space Exploration for Kids

6. All About Space: Available locally at Owl and Dino

 

Activity Books

1. Astronaut Academy: My NASA obsessed son loves doing all the activities in this book.

2. Space Exploration Coloring Book: Highly recommended, cheap and so good!

3. Usborne First Sticker Book on Space

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