Rockets to Explore the Unknown

Rockets to Explore the Unknown

By Don E. Rogers
Illustrated by George Bakacs

Whitman Publishing, 1964
Library of Congress Card Number: 63-16699

I got this book when I was about five years old. I saw it in a book rack in Walgreen's drug store and I was instantly captivated by the cover. I had my parents read it to me over and over. I didn't really understand it at first, but I was fascinated by the pictures. The text is clearly geared for gradeschool kids, but contains much more math than you would find in any book for that audience today.

I really like the illustration style in this book. Space is a sparkly bright place, and the astronauts all look quite happy to be there.

It will always have a special place in my collection because it was my space book number one.




last updated 07/28/99 srogers1@austin.rr.com