Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer by Dan Crisp (Child's Play) - five little men come to visit Earth from Outer Space, but finding it spoiled and neglected, they fly away, one by one. Luckily, by the end of this much-loved counting song, the world becomes a much better place to visit. Die-cut windows reveal glimpses of what spacemen observe as they fly around the world.
Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitten (Kingfisher Books) - a trio of animal astronauts invite children to come on a trip to the moon. A simple explanation of how space rockets work, where they travel, and what they do, with great rhyming couplets and bold illustrations.
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