Written by Ruth Spiro; Illustrated by Teresa Martinez

A young girl and her mother are on a trip to visit a space center. Along the way the young girl explains the concepts behind flight and the difference between airplane and spacecraft flight. Science books for children often struggle with a balance of keeping concepts simple enough to understand yet detailed enough to provide accurate details. This book accomplishes this beautifully with some engaging humor thrown in. Added to that, this is a young girl explaining the concepts which makes it a wonderful example of the importance of understanding audience in informational writing.

The illustrations show the girl and her mother throughout their trip as well as embedded labeled diagrams explaining aerospace concepts. Back matter provides a variety of spacecraft and their purposes and a glossary. This book is part of a four title series How to Explain.