Book Description
for I Want to Be Astronaut by Byron Barton
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
"I want to be an astronaut/a member of the crew/and fly on the shuttle/into outer-space…" proclaims the young female protagonist of this simple poetic story of high aspirations. Barton's bold figures of astronauts, shuttles, satellites and Planet Earth are set against a deep blue background suggesting the vastness of outer space. (Ages 3-6)
CCBC Choices 1988. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1988. Used with permission.