Investigating Space Mysteries by Mike Downs

Investigating Space Mysteries by Mike Downs

Book Features:
- Ages 9-15, Grades 4-9
- 32 pages, 7 inches x 9 inches
- Simple, easy-to-read pages with full-color pictures
- Includes post-reading questions and activities
- Reading/teaching tips and glossary included

Beyond The Stars: In Reaching for the Stars: Investigating Space Mysteries, 4th--9th graders learn about some of the marvelous mysteries and fascinating discoveries of outer space.

Learning About Space: What is a black hole? Do aliens exist? Young readers learn about some of the unsolved mysteries of space, and some of our greatest discoveries. Learn about planet types, what the universe is made of, and more

Build Reading Skills: This engaging 32-page children's book will help your child improve comprehension and build confidence with guided post-reading questions and fun activities.

Leveled Books: Part of the Reaching for the Stars series, the high interest text and full-color pictures make this children's book an engaging read with fun and interesting facts about space as well as its unsolved mysteries.

Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

Passion is a sustaining element in Mike's life. After a forty-year career of professionally racing factory sports cars, writing became that passion. As an avid follower of American history and early Auto Racing Mike combined the two in novels. He finds bringing to life fictional characters in historical events and locations fulfills his passion. Making the stories and characters exciting is a grand challenge. The many hours involved in crafting a novel are enjoyable ones spent trying to become a better story teller. Finding new ways to illuminate a scene to bring the reader into the moment is a lovely satisfaction. His stories take place in the fascinating era of the 1920's to the 1940's. Auto racing then was truly death defying, an adventure in itself. To that, he adds characters living their fast paced lives on the go. Sometimes their adventures are caught up in Nazi intrigues where they must raise their game in order to survive. Love and passion are essential ingredients for these characters also. For them living life on the edge is sometimes more than they bargained for. The Mare Island World War Two novels are about the adventures of the men and women working on America's largest West Coast Naval Yard. 45000 workers daily filed into the yard during the war, they worked in three shifts, 8 hours a day 24 hours 7 days a week. Ships of all types had their battle damage repaired on the yard. Our finest generation lived, loved, and dedicated their lives to the war effort. One of the novel's Mare Island characters devotes his life to submarines, another to protecting the yard from saboteurs. A hunger for action and justice drives the characters here. Living in Northern California, Downs is able to indulge in another passion, research. The San Francisco area is rich in libraries, museums, old naval bases, and parks. He and his wife and make frequent trips to Mare Island, going to the museum and hiking the grounds. He also writes articles for Victory Lane Magazine. His wife Kathy, creates the cover art for the novels and does the editing. Both he and his wife have businesses in an area of Auto racing. She in graphic arts, promotional products, and embroidery. His business outside writing is building racing engines and classic race car restoration. Together reading and writing consume their sun-filled days.

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ISBN 13	9781731648839
Titel	Investigating Space Mysteries
Autor	Downs
Serie	Reaching For The Stars
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	High Tide
Erscheinungsjahr	2021-08-11
Seitenanzahl	32
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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