This Rocket
PreSchool-Grade 2–Collicutt's colorful book is at once an easy reader, a concept book, and a space primer. Introducing all types of rockets while comparing them as opposites, it will find many uses–and many readers. Space enthusiasts will be able to manage the simple text and garner even more information from the detailed end pages, which feature rocket history and a description of theApollo 11mission. Vehicle-obsessed youngsters will enjoy the book as well, especially the last page, which features a full-spread blast-off. The realistic paintings, done in a palette of saturated primary colors, will delight young readers. Add this title to Collicutt'sThis Truck(2004),This Car(2002),This Boat(2001),This Plane(2000), andThis Train(1999, all Farrar) for a complete unit on transportation.–Angela J. Reynolds, Annapolis Valley Regional Library, Bridgetown, NS, CanadaCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.