Space mail
By: by Natalie West ; illustrated by Donna Berger
Contributors: Berger, Donna
Series: Rigby on our way to English; On our way to English
Publisher: Rigby
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Barrington, Il
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780757845369; 9781418983970
Subjects: Space flight; Juvenile fiction; Electronic mail messages; Astronauts; Uncles; School children; Fear
Description: Sun Kam's uncle is an astronaut who will soon be leaving on a space mission. When her teacher tells the class they will be studying the solar system, Kam suggest they write e-mails to her uncle in space. Everyone is excitedly talking about it except the new student, Samuel who just moved to the United States. With Kam's help Samuel overcome his fears. Samuel then helps consoles Kam when she is afraid because her uncle did not respond to their e-mail.
Notes: Includes glossary.
Table of contents: title: Someone's coming to dinner; title: E-mails in space; title: Blast off!; title: Silent Samuel; title: "Just leave me alone"; title: Friends at last; title: Lost in space; title: The final frontier; title: Glossary.