What Do You Want to Be? Explore Space Sciences

This book features twelve engaging biographies of contemporary women in space sciences from astronauts and geophysicists to astronomers, planetary scientists, and more. Each scientist describes what she does, how she got into it, and why she enjoys it. Next to each biography there are fun activities (crossword puzzles, word jumbles, things to wonder about) to do related to each career. This book conveys the excitement of space science and the wide variety of space science careers available. It also prompts young readers to think about the things they like to do and possible science careers. Written especially for readers ages 9–13.