You Are the First Kid on Mars

I love this book! The content is wonderful and imaginative, with Beautiful illustrations. When my 8 yr old grandson opened the book, he had a Huge smile:) This will encourage the reader to explore, and practice reading.

This instantly became a favorite book for my son. I love the writing, and the photos. My son is a very intelligent and gifted three year old who loves masculine things and not too much story, although the writing in this book is presented in a special way that appeals to him, as well as my 11 year-old daughter and I. I am fascinated by the information found on these pages (like the fact that Mars has the largest mountain in our galaxy that is three times taller than Mt. Everest and that if a person were to stand at the top of it, they would practically be in outer space). It's a pretty mesmerizing experience, reading this book and going through the process of how to get to Mars (all of the different rockets and vehicles and machines used). You can't go wrong with this one! A fantasy-educational experience.If your child isn't quite ready for you to read the entire pages, then just read the first couple of lines on each page until they ask for more. This is what I did with my three year old and now he begs me to "read it!"

Super cute, but a little too wordy as a read aloud for my kindergarten class

My son says it's a great adventure book.

My 3.5yr old is hooked on the book (and all things space related) and my 7yr old loves it too. Our first week, I read this book twice a day (before rest time and bedtime) every single day. Great illustrations, great writing, perfect for your space-loving kiddos.

I bought this for Christmas for my space-loving six year old daughter. She is a confident reader but finds some of the text overwhelming, so we read it aloud. The illustrations are positively breathtaking and I can tell that the author put considerable thought and care into imagining and researching what travel to Mars might be like. I do have to remind my daughter that this is just a guess at the way things might be, since no one has actually gone to Mars yet and certainly not kids. That aside, I love this book for both the illustrations and the quality of the writing. It's enough to inspire anyone to look up at the stars and keep dreaming.

My nephew went nuts over this book. Visually a great read!

Cute book. My son loves space stuff and liked this book a lot

Fantastic book for a 5 year old.