Professor Astro Cat's Intergalactic Activity Book

Illustrated by Ben Newman
Paperback
$13.95 US
8.88"W x 11.06"H x 0.3"D  
On sale Dec 13, 2016 | 80 Pages | 978-1-909263-46-8
| Grades 2-5
Looking at the stars, do you dream of new worlds beyond our own? Would you like to explore distant planets, fly a rocket or try some chocolate quantum physics? Good news, Professor Astro Cat is here to help! Packed with amazing experiments, thrilling facts and create-your-own adventures, his Astronaut Space Camp offers a universe of excitement, and is bursting with ideas for a future at the frontiers of space!
Ben Newman is an award winning illustrator (Royal Television Society Award for Best Branding and opening credits sequence). Over the years he has racked up an impressive list of clients including Penguin, the BBC, IBM, Lacoste, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the New York Times, amongst many others.

Zelda Turner is a freelance writer and editor. She previously worked as an editor at Penguin and commissioned non-fiction titles at Hodder & Stoughton.
There’s plenty here to keep a young space enthusiast occupied: a page on Morse code for sending secret messages, quiz pages on matching images, a log page for recording Moon phases over a month, an experiment to collect "space dust," instructions for building a balloon rocket, and much more. In fact, there are probably enough activities jammed in this book to keep a kid occupied for a span equivalent to several space missions.
—American Scientist

I love a book with pencil puzzles and space to write your own story, and the very cool "Professor Astro Cat's Intergalactic Activity Book" by Zelda Turner and illustrator Ben Newman is a pleasure to look at and to hold — not to mention filled with interesting facts and intriguing activities.
The Baltimore Sun

This is a book that can keep your curious little ones entertained and learning for hours.
Book Nerd Mommy

About

Looking at the stars, do you dream of new worlds beyond our own? Would you like to explore distant planets, fly a rocket or try some chocolate quantum physics? Good news, Professor Astro Cat is here to help! Packed with amazing experiments, thrilling facts and create-your-own adventures, his Astronaut Space Camp offers a universe of excitement, and is bursting with ideas for a future at the frontiers of space!

Author

Ben Newman is an award winning illustrator (Royal Television Society Award for Best Branding and opening credits sequence). Over the years he has racked up an impressive list of clients including Penguin, the BBC, IBM, Lacoste, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the New York Times, amongst many others.

Zelda Turner is a freelance writer and editor. She previously worked as an editor at Penguin and commissioned non-fiction titles at Hodder & Stoughton.

Praise

There’s plenty here to keep a young space enthusiast occupied: a page on Morse code for sending secret messages, quiz pages on matching images, a log page for recording Moon phases over a month, an experiment to collect "space dust," instructions for building a balloon rocket, and much more. In fact, there are probably enough activities jammed in this book to keep a kid occupied for a span equivalent to several space missions.
—American Scientist

I love a book with pencil puzzles and space to write your own story, and the very cool "Professor Astro Cat's Intergalactic Activity Book" by Zelda Turner and illustrator Ben Newman is a pleasure to look at and to hold — not to mention filled with interesting facts and intriguing activities.
The Baltimore Sun

This is a book that can keep your curious little ones entertained and learning for hours.
Book Nerd Mommy

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