Ellen Ochoa: Reach for the Stars! (Defining Moments (Bearport Publishing))

Latham, Donna

ISBN 10: 1597160768 ISBN 13: 9781597160766

Publisher: Bearport Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Using education as a launching pad for her career, Ellen Ochoa: Reach for the Stars! details the remarkable life of the world's first Hispanic woman to travel into space. Thrill-seeking readers will journey with Ellen through her childhood (as one of five children in a single-parent home) all the way to her adventures as a researcher in outer space. Told in a compelling narrative style with full-color photographs and a timeline, Ellen Ochoa: Reach for the Stars! will entertain and inspire students.

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Review:

"This is an excellent series to introduce biographies to elementary students or to introduce a unit of study on the topic the person's life affected?The authors write in a story format that permits the books to be read to younger students or to be read independently by students in grades 3-5?this is an excellent series. Highly recommended."

About this edition

• Publisher: Bearport Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1597160768
• ISBN 13: 9781597160766
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32