Books with title Are We There, Yet?

"Are We Nearly There Yet?" is a charming story of Rosie, a robot rover, speeding towards the planet Mars.On her journey, Rosie hears stories of other space probes whose exploits have helped expand human understanding of the Solar System. Rosie is a real space probe: her name is Rosalind Franklin (she is named after a very important scientist, who lived more than fifty years ago). The Rosalind Franklin robot rover, shown here in an artist's impression, on the surface of Mars, will reach Mars in 2021.With engaging text and beautiful images of planets and asteroids, this is a story to be read and enjoyed time and again.Carol Davenport is a parent, a physicist and a science educator.

When the Bolshevik Revolution erupts in 1917 with pogroms persecuting Jews, Mama decides she and Raizle must excape to America, the "golden land" of safety. Carrying only a bundle of clothes and jewelry hidden in the false bottom of a metal can, they begin their long, unpredictable journey crossing the Black Sea at mignight in a tiny boat manned by a drunken sailor. Traveling by train through Romania, they're late in re-boarding at the station and stare in disbelief as the locomotive puffs away down the tracks. Mama anxiously approaches a conductor who then secretly guides them to a freight car bound for Paris, where they arrive at the famous Rothchild House smelling like cows. While there, Raizle learns to write her name and dreams of the day when she'll go to school "everyday, all day long." Crossing the turbulent Atlantic Ocean, they reach Cuba where Mama receives devastating news threatiening to leave them stranded. But with incredible strength and spirit, she embraces a fateful solution. Mama, Are We There Yet?, a novel based on the author's life, is told through Raizle's eyes. It portrays the insecurity, discoveries and joys expereicned when life and death depend on luck, faith and Mama.