Description
From her own nest,
Jessica marvels
at the night sky
and wonders:
Could a sparrow like
me ever fly all the
way to the moon?
Exquisitely written and extraordinarily illustrated, Space Girl brings us on Jessica’s journey from her childhood dream of space travel to becoming an astronaut who performs the first all-woman spacewalk!
Inspired by watching a young sparrow learn to fly in her Maine backyard, Jessica decides she, too, will spread her wings. Just like the sparrow, she falters along the way, but she never gives up on her goal.
Flutter,
flap,
flight!
Praise For Space Girl:
“Jessica Meir yearned to be an astronaut from age 5. Step by step, through disappointments and achievements—including becoming an aquanaut—Meir was chosen to fly to the International Space Station and take part in the first woman-only spacewalk. Space Girl: An Astronaut’s Dream Takes Flight is a captivating, poetic, and inspiring chronicle of that journey. The book’s bold cover design and gorgeous endpapers set the expectation for something special, and author Hersey and illustrator Gigi-Bousidan deliver, with each page bringing wonder in words and art. Poetic, perfectly paced text pair with close-up images that draw the reader in, and photographs and a detailed timeline illuminate Meir’s long journey toward her goal.
Beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated, Space Girl will inspire readers to reach for their dreams, whether on Earth or in space.”
— Lisa Rogers, author of Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage, a Golden Kite Honor Award winner
