by Nick Ward (2006)
"There's nothing Gran likes more than an adventure, so when Dad invents a space rocket she is the first to volunteer to try it out. But when Rodney is trapped inside at the last minute and the pair blast off into space, will they be in for a rocky ride or the cosmic cruise of a lifetime?"--Page 4 of cover.
Natalie West
Sun Kam's uncle is an astronaut who will soon be leaving on a space mission. When her teacher tells the class they will be studying the solar system, Kam suggest they write e-mails to her uncle in space. Everyone is excitedly talking about it except the new student, Samuel who just moved to the United States. With Kam's help Samuel overcome his fears. Samuel then helps consoles Kam when she is afraid because her uncle did not respond to their e-mail.
Peter Bently
Space Shuttle is on a mission! Commander Mandy and the panda crew are on their way to fix a satellite in orbit. But it's not the simple mission they had hoped for.
Tony Bradman
"Thud! Thud! Someone was heading steadily towards the classroom. Somebody with very heavy feet...At the foot of some spooky mountains is a little town with a little school. And there, in a little classroom, Class 3 are about to meet their new teacher. He's big, he has giant hands and he is very very ugly. He's ...the Frankenstein Teacher! Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading." (publisher).