Books
Living in Space
Katie Daynes, Education Development Corporation, 2002, ISBN 0794503012
Children ages 4–6 can explore what it would be like to travel to and live in space.
Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall
Marianne Dyson, Dave Klug, and Buzz Aldrin, Scholastic Trade, 1999, ISBN 0590058894
Children ages 8–12 will enjoy learning about what it takes to live and work in space, including crew training, daily tasks, challenges to being in space, and the research onboard a space station.
Beginner's Guide to Living in Space (Future Files)
Colin Uttley and Sara Angliss, Copper Beech Books, 1998, ISBN 0761307419
Children ages 9–11 will enjoy the glimpses into the next 50 to 250 years with space stations, terraforming of planets, and possible settlements on the Moon and Mars and the challenges associated with living in space.
Space Colonies
Isaac Asimov, Gareth Stevens, 1995, ISBN 0836812255
This book for ages 9–12 gives young readers a look at what it would be like to colonize space.
Kids and Technology: Space Colonization
Sharon Brusic, Delmar Publishers, 1991, ISBN 0827341024
This paperback book for ages 9–12 looks at the technology necessary for space colonization.
Future Missions to Mars
John Hamilton, Abdo & Daughters,1998, ISBN 1562398326
This book for ages 9–12 explores Mars colonization.
Are We Moving to Mars?
Anne E. Schraff, John Muir Publications, 1996, ISBN 1562613103
Different ideas about colonizing Mars are presented for ages 8–9.
Lunar Bases (First Books)
Sharon Cosner, F. Watts, 1990, ISBN 0531108945
Recent proposals for colonizing the Moon, adjustments necessary to support human life, and conditions that settlers might encounter are explored in this book for ages 9–12.
Build Your Own Moon Settlement
Forrest Wilson, Pantheon Books, 1973, ISBN 039482606X
This book investigates the appearance, challenges, and activities of various kinds of lunar settlements of the future. Eight cut-out sheets of models are included for children to construct.
Moon Quest (Choose Your Own Adventure, No. 167)
A. Montgomery, Bantam Books, 1996, ISBN 0553566210
A book for ages 9–12 about the first colony of Earthlings on the Moon.
Bretta Martyn
Neil Smith, Tor Books, 1997, ISBN 0312858930
Follow the adventures of Bretta 1000 years in the future. Due to a series of mishaps, Bretta ends up on an asteroid world of escaped slaves and takes charge!
Mir Space Station (Above and Beyond)
Neal Bernards,1999, ISBN 088682933X
Young readers ages 9–12 can explore the Russian Space Station Mir and its history.
Zero Gravity
Gloria Skurzynski, Bradbury Press, 1994, ASIN: 0027829251
Children ages 9–12 can learn about microgravity and see what happens during experiments involving the loss of gravity.
Living in Space
Larry Kettelkamp, Morrow Junior Books, 1993, ASIN: 068810018X
Children ages 9–12 will enjoy reading about people who have lived in space, about space suits, space stations, and plans to send explorers to Mars and beyond.
Space Station Ice 3
Bruce Coville, Archway, 1996, ISBN 0671536419
A fictional detective book for young readers set in a space colony.
Living on the Moon
David Baker, The Rourke Book Company, Inc. 1989, ISBN 0865923744
A chronicle of NASA's efforts to explore the Moon, from Pioneer and Ranger photographs of the surface to the Apollo landings. The book, for ages 9–12, discusses scientific discoveries and the possibility of setting up a Moon colony.
Moon Base: First Colony in Space
Michael D. Cole, Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1999, ISBN 0766011186
The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon is presented for ages 9–12, with an explanation of why there is need to establish a Moon base and how the base could be used.
The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars
Arthur Clarke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1995, ISBN 0393039110
Human beings could visit Mars in the early part of the twenty-first century if the resources were made available.
The Case for Mars
Robert Zubrin, Free Press Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0684835509
This book explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within ten years.
Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
Robert Zubrin, Tarcher Publishing, ISBN 1585420360
Entering Space discusses the necessity of colonizing Mars and the galaxy beyond our own.
May 27, 2009
