The Space Shuttle (True Books: Space) [Paperback]

Allison Lassieur (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: True Books: Space

Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

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About the Author

Allison Lassieur is the author of several nonfiction books for children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 47 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT) (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0516271873
• ISBN-13: 978-0516271873
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,418,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars How Disappointing!, February 3, 2011

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This review is from: The Space Shuttle (True Books: Space) (Library Binding)

I checked this book out from the local library for my son - he's excited by the space program, because I used to work in it. The book was fine for several pages, and then several glaring errors showed up in quick succession.

The "Mid-deck" crew living area is apparently inside the External Tank. (The mid-deck is beneath the flight deck. And the external tank falls off after a few minutes.)

The Solid Rocket Boosters are apparently fuel tanks. (They're not, they're full of solid propellant and fall off after just a couple of minutes of flight.)

The section that deals with launch implies that the External Tank (the big orange part) does not fall off. (It does fall off, after the Shuttle main engines shut down.)

There are others as well.

Fine, this is a book for children, and absolute rigor is not to be expected - but neither should big mistakes that are easily caught by someone even peripherally familiar with the Space Shuttle system be expected either. Even if she was not, the mistakes leave me with the impression that the author was careless. Frankly, I would have caught these errors before I joined the space program. But then I had an interest in the Space Shuttle - just as, I would expect, someone who was attempting to write a book about the Space Shuttle for a series called "True Books About Space."

Maybe we should rename the series "Kinda-sorta True Books about Space."