Pub Date: January 1, 2004
Dewey: 513.211
LCCN: 2003021039
Lexile Code: 0400
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.10" H x 10.70" L x 8.80" W ( 0.25 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Counting and Numbers | Technology | Aeronautics Astronautics and Space Science | Mathematics | General
Series: Know Your Numbers
Description: A countdown from twelve to one as a space shuttle awaits liftoff.
Brief description: Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers' Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.
Review Quotes: The illustrations are friendly cut-paper collages. I can imagine kids listening to this book being read to them -- and then taking over the book for themselves, flipping pages and counting down: 3-2-1!-- "Planetary Society"