Kisses from Space
$32.33
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2024
Summary
As Polaris Dawn crewmember, engineer, and mother Anna Menon gets ready to take off into space, she penned this sweet picture book as a love letter to her kids—reimagining their family as a tight-knit clan of adventurous dragons who love each other across any distance!
“You see, when we’re apart, we’re not really alone. I’ll send kisses from space, and I’ll always come home.”
When Anna Menon was offered the chance to become an astronaut on Polaris Dawn, it would fulfill her chi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593811146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593811143 |
| Author: | Anna Menon, Keri Vasek |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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“[An] affectionate ode to adventure and familial connection on Earth, and beyond.” —Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Anna Menon
ANNA MENON is an American engineer and crew member of PolarisDawn, the first human spaceflight mission of the Polaris Program. Born in Houston, she holds a bachelor’s degree in math and Spanish from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University. Anna worked at NASA as a flight controller before joining SpaceX in 2018 as a space operations engineer. She lives with her husband and two children in Houston. This is her first book.
KERI VASEK is a creator and community manager based in Houston. She holds a degree in behavioral sciences from Concordia University Texas and loves writing, exploring, and being creative with her four kids, whom she homeschools.
ANDY HARKNESS is a children’s book author and illustrator. His most recent solo works, Wolfboy and its sequel, Wolfboy Is Scared, were published by Bloomsbury. Andy’s creative passions were sparked long ago by a second-grade assignment to write and illustrate a story. An accomplished animation production designer, he spent twenty-five years at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios, involved in films from The Lion King to Moana. Today, Andy works at Skydance Animation Studios as a production designer on an upcoming series for Apple TV+.
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