Meet Chris Hadfield

Title
Meet Chris Hadfield

Personal Author EPSB
Elizabeth, MacLeod

Summary
"Meet Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space - and make a music video while in orbit! When Chris Hadfield was a boy, growing up on a farm in Milton, Ontario, Canada didn't have a space program. But from the moment he saw a man first walk on the moon, young Chris decided he would somehow get to space. And with everything Chris did, from learning to fix farm machinery and joining the Air Cadets to flying fighter planes and becoming a test pilot, he prepared himself to get there. Chris Hadfield has rocketed into space three times, been on two space walks and was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station. And nobody plays a guitar in space or rocks a mustache better! This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that help bring the story alive. Historical photos and timeline support the narrative."--

Year Published
2018

Series
Scholastic Canada biography

Physical Description
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Personal Subject
Hadfield, Chris, 1959-.

Subject
Astronauts -- Canada -- Biography.
 
Space exploration.

Genre
Biographies.

Added Author
Deas, Mike, 1982-

Summary
"Meet Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space - and make a music video while in orbit! When Chris Hadfield was a boy, growing up on a farm in Milton, Ontario, Canada didn't have a space program. But from the moment he saw a man first walk on the moon, young Chris decided he would somehow get to space. And with everything Chris did, from learning to fix farm machinery and joining the Air Cadets to flying fighter planes and becoming a test pilot, he prepared himself to get there. Chris Hadfield has rocketed into space three times, been on two space walks and was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station. And nobody plays a guitar in space or rocks a mustache better! This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that help bring the story alive. Historical photos and timeline support the narrative."--

ISBN
9781443163897
 
9781443119474

Publisher
Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2018]
 
©2018


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian West629.45 HADBook38515000464514Non-Fiction