Books with title Mission to Marathon

A story set in Ancient Greece. When news reaches Athens that Persian ships are about to invade Greece at Marathon, Philip knows that his uncle and grandmother are in great danger. As his brothers and father are busy preparing for war, he is the only one who can cross the mountains and warn his family. The race is on...but will he reach them in time?

Someday people from Earth may live on Mars. In this century, we will go to the planet to learn more about it. It will become our outpost in space—our space colony. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 5 to 7. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.The author-illustrator pair who brought us THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, FLOATING IN SPACE, and WHAT THE MOON IS LIKE tackle the new hot topic in space—a mission to the red planet.This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

“An easy-to-follow and alluring narrative . . . instructive and captivating.”—School Library Journal What would it be like to travel to Mars? Find out, in this incredible book, written in coordination with the world-famous American Museum of Natural History. Perhaps no planet has stirred our imagination more than Mars. And this book, based on the American Museum of Natural History's exhibit “Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration,” provides an extraordinary introduction to the Red Planet. Through breathtaking images from NASA, and information sent to Earth from satellites, budding astronomers and astronauts can explore Mars’s climate and features—and find out what it would take for a human to travel there.

In this century, humans will land on Mars and walk on the red planet. You may be one of those astronauts. What might you learn about Earth, our solar system, and the universe on a trip to Mars? Is there air on Mars? Is there water? Can anything grow there? Could people live there one day? In this book, you will find out how you will get to Mars, how you will explore the planet, and what you might discover there. Landing on Mars will be the great adventure of the twenty-first century.