There Was An Old Astronaut Who Swallowed the Moon!
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Publisher Description
Scholastic's bestselling OLD LADY becomes an astronaut in this adventure full of hilarious laughs and fun facts about space -- perfect for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing!There was an old astronaut who swallowed the moon. I don't know why she swallowed the moon. It happened at noon.Scholastic's bestselling OLD LADY returns in this adventure series with a nonfiction twist that will make you laugh AND learn! In this spin-off, the OLD LADY turns into an OLD ASTRONAUT who travels through space, swallowing a moon... along with a star, a planet, a comet, a meteor, a rocket, and a satellite... Why? Well, it went down just right, that bright satellite! Two new characters lead the reader through this hilarious adventure while exchanging some awesome facts about outer space for a light take on nonfiction that's perfect for this age. With expanded back matter about the solar system and a search-and-find game at the end, this OLD ASTRONAUT definitely shoots for the stars!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Colandro's long-running series, which puts fresh twists on the cumulative nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," here casts an astronaut as the central character: "There was an old lady who swallowed a star. It was bizarre to swallow a star!" In Lee's quirky, grainy artwork, the "old astronaut" has big, bulgy eyes and an enormous jaw that expands to devour the moon. Two child characters appear as astronauts in space, where they make observations about the sun, moon, and galaxy: "The star closest to Earth is the sun. Our solar system only has one!" On Earth, they gaze skyward as a comet streaks by: "Why does the comet leave a bright trail?" By book's end, the astronaut has swallowed the moon, meteoroid, planet, rocket, and satellite or so it seems. Colandro offers an enjoyable readaloud filled with outer space facts, including back matter with vocabulary definitions and a search-and-find activity. Ages 4 8.
