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Posted: July 23 2015 at 10:17pm | IP Logged Quote kbfsc
Two in particular:
1 Jacques Cousteau
2 the important figures in the American Space program
I've been wading through amazon, looking for something good, feeling overwhelmed... and I thought perhaps you ladies might have some good recommendations!

Thank you!

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Posted: July 24 2015 at 12:34am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Are you looking for more thorough bios for older kids? Not sure there, but there are some really good picture books on Jacques Cousteau.

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau


And during the summer of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this thread was compiled - One Giant Leap for Mankind

There are lots of good books suggested there. They are more specific to the astronauts of that mission, so don't cover all the figures in space program.

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Posted: July 24 2015 at 12:43am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Not a children's book - but I really enjoyed The Astronauts Wives Club.

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Posted: July 24 2015 at 5:38am | IP Logged Quote kbfsc
Thanks, Mary!

I noticed Manfish and it looked wonderful.

I should have been more specific - I am looking for my 13 yo son. My husband wanted us to substitute these two topics in the 20th century exploration topic in Mater Amabilis' level 4. So more along the lines of a meaty biography. I think Endurance is the recommended book about Shackleton, for example. So something kind of along those lines?

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