Pub Date: July 5, 2022
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2021023871
Lexile Code: 0580
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.32" H x 7.66" L x 5.26" W ( 0.20 lbs) 112 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books | Disability | Technology | Astronauts and Space | Social Themes | Friendship | School and Education
Series: Astrid the Astronaut
Description: Astrid is excited about her upcoming first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space, but now that her best friend Hallie is more interested in art Astrid is not sure her goal of becoming an astronaut will happen without her friend.
Brief description: Talitha Shipman is a picture book illustrator from Indiana. Her favorite subjects to paint are wild kids and wild animals. Nature inspires Talitha's painting, and she hopes her work encourages curiosity and creativity in children of all ages. Her books include the Sydney Taylor Honor recipient Everybody Says Shalom by Leslie Kimmelman, American Farm Bureau Recommended Read Applesauce Day by Lisa J. Amstutz, and 2019 IPPY Silver Medalist First Snow by Nancy Viau. Her debut author-illustrator picture book was Finding Beauty. Talitha lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her husband and their five-year-old wild child, Coral.