Children's Book Review: Emily the Astronaut: The Space Case By Colette Omans Nicoletta

EMILY THE ASTRONAUT
The Space Case

By: Colette Omans Nicoletta

Published: February 27, 2014

Publisher: Beaver's Pond Press

Fictional Nonfiction

This is one of those great children's books that tells a fictional story while giving the reader nonfictional information about a topic. In this case, Emily dreams of being an astronaut and being the first girl to visit the moon. Even though her dad makes fun and says the moon is made of cheese, Emily is determined to find out the truth about the moon and what it takes to travel to space.

Emily and her family travel to Florida to visit NASA and there Emily learns everything she needs to know about how she can get to the moon someday.  With facts, photography combined with illustrations, and a girl with a dream, young readers will become excited about space. Children are encouraged to have a dream and then find out what it will take to achieve it and I have no doubt Emily will make her dream come true.

Colette Omans Nicoletta - source

Writing and illustrating children's picture books is a lifelong dream for Colette. She published her first book in December 2008, THERE'S A FROG ON MY FOREHEAD. It received a Mom's Choice Gold award and honored as a National Indie Excellence Award Finalist. Her second book, ALLISON INVESTIGATES launched in 2010 and is available in both English and Spanish. It also received a Mom's Choice Gold award as did EMILY THE ASTRONAUT.

Nicoletta was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After college, she spent time as a textile designer in New York City and industrial designer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nicoletta is now a K-5th-grade art teach in Minnesota and lives with her husband, two children, and two cats. To see all of her books, click HERE. You can also visit her website, HERE.

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