num_pages: 80
description: An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a cat in a space suit.  Horn BookA little gray kitten with a taste for adventure stows away on an airplane and the daring stunt turns out to be his first step toward becoming  Space Cat! The plane's pilot Captain Fred Stone names his fuzzy new friend Flyball and welcomes him to an experimental station set up in the middle of the desert. Flyball enjoys supervising the station's workers and takes particular interest in the big rocket ship that he's not allowed to explore. Regardless of the rules the kitty is determined to hitch another ride and before you know it Flyball's wearing a custom-made pressurized suit and headed for the Moon.This new edition of a charmingly illustrated storybook from 1952 is the first of a four-book series starring the intrepid feline known as Space Cat. Young readers will delight in taking a look at space exploration from Flyball's point of view and following his escapades across the solar system.
language: English
title: Space Cat
publisher: Dover Publications