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Reading is a Blast!

Rocket-fuel your imagination! These Space-themed books are perfect for this year's TD Summer Reading Club. From June 15 - August 26, read books, earn points, complete missions and even win prizes!

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  • Determined to blast off into outer space despite her barnyard friends' warnings, plucky chicken Sabrina Sue may prove them wrong with her out-of-this-world adventure.
    Easy Reader, 2023New York : Simon Spotlight, 2023. — EASY F BURRI
  • Spidernaut

    Arabella, the Spider in Space

    Parachini, Jodie
    A first "person" account of the first spider to spin a web in space, and why the 1973 experiment, suggested by a high school student, was important.
    Book, 2021Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021. — X F PARAC
  • Houston Williams was thrilled to win a scholarship to attend a space program at NASA. He didn’t realize that organizers were recruiting people for a top-secret research project aimed at studying how space travel affects people of different ages.…
    Book, 2023[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, [2023] — J F WALTE
  • Meanwhile Back on Earth

    Finding Our Place Through Time and Space : a Cosmic View on Conflict

    Jeffers, Oliver
    A father and his two children blasting off into space to look back at the Earth and the conflicts that have taken place since the beginning of time. Also available in ebook and audiobook from cloudLibrary.
    Book, 2022New York : Philomel Books, 2022. — X F JEFFE
  • A comet has destroyed Earth, and only a few hundred scientists and their children--among them Petra and her family--have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes…
    Book, 2021[Montclair, NJ] : Levine Querido, 2021. — J F HIGUE
  • While visiting the Bear Country Space Center, Mama, Papa, and the cubs find themselves on an out-of-this-world adventure when Papa hits the big red button in the Big Bear Space Rocket.
    Easy Reader, 2023New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — EASY F BEREN
  • Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night, she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship…
    Book, 2022London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2022. — J F WALLI
  • A chase across the galaxy ensues when a troublesome little shape-shifter runs from the law, with safety, freedom, and home at stake.
    Book, 2021New York : Philomel Books, [2021] — J F PRINE
  • A wordless picture book about the power of imagination and creativity follows a young child who, with the push of an elevator button, becomes an astronaut and blasts off into space on an important mission until it's time for school.
    Book, 2024Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2024. — X F LAM
  • It's the night before the big show-and-tell, and Max isn't sure what to bring. He's shy and worried that it will all go all wrong. But when a space creature named Moonbean crashes into his room, Max discovers all he needs is a friend to help him…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper, [2023] — X F SCOTT
  • Two cute guinea pigs want to learn about the stars and space. So they set off on an adventure to learn about the stars, space and constellations — and to stargaze away from the big city lights!
    Book, 2021New York, New York : DK, 2021. — X F SHEEH
  • Bok's Giant Leap

    One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space

    Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012
    Based on a speech Neil Armstrong gave upon receiving the moon rock he named Bok, this unique picture book tells how the Earth and the Moon came to be. Includes facts about the Earth and the Moon.
    Book, 2021New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021] — X F ARMST