First women in space
By: Terry Barber
Series: Famous firsts series
Publisher: Grass Roots Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Edmonton]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781894593670
Subjects: Women astronauts; Biography; Readers for new literates; Femmes astronautes; Biographies; Anglais (Langue); Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabétisés
Description: Reading level: 2 [yellow].

Learn about three women who had the "right stuff": Valentina Tereshkova, Sally Ride, and Roberta Bondar. The U.S.S.R. sent Valentina Tereshkova into space in 1963. Twenty years later, Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space. --Publisher.
Table of contents: title: The Space Race; title: Valentina Tereshkova; title: Sally Ride; title: First Women to Walk in Space; title: Roberta Bondar; title: Trailblazers; title: Glossary; title: Talking about the book.