Monday, July 22, 2019

Birthday on Mars! by Sara Schonfeld - ADVISABLE

Birthday on Mars! by Sara Schonfeld, illustrated by Andrew J. Ross. PICTURE BOOK. Penguin Workshop (Penguin Random House), 2019. $9. 978152479122

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Curiosity is the name of a robot that is exploring Mars and sending photos back to the humans. Curiosity is also having a birthday and sends a message back to earth that we should all be a little more curious about the world around us. 

This is a short and easy book that will encourage readers to keep learning about Mars and the efforts we all make to understand our world. The only part that was a bit lost of me was why they oriented the story around the birthday of the robot. I think the book would have been better oriented around the name of the robot, Curiosity.  

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher

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