If you like space stories or stories about aliens…

Easy reads

Weird Planet series by Dan Greenburg
Klatu, Lek and Ploo from Planet Loogl get into all sorts of scrapes trying to get home after they accidentally crash into Planet Earth.
CoverRicky Rocket series by Shoo Rayner
Ricky Rocket lives on another planet. His family are the only humans, so they find it a bit hard fitting in. Ricky has a rocket like Earth kids have a bicycle!
Astrosaurs Series by Steve Cole
Welcome to a world where dinosaurs fly space ships…

Harder Reads

CoverGeorge’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
A funny and exciting adventure about George’s rollercoaster ride through space – even to the brink of a black hole. Also contains lots of photographs and fascinating facts about our Universe.
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Hilarious adventure happens when a tall thirteen year old is mistaken for an adult and ends up in space. Can he handle it?
Space Gum by Tania Roxborogh
How can astronauts brush their teeth in space where there’s no gravity? Carl finds out more than it is safe to know when he accidentally discovers a top-secret formula that could be dangerous in the wrong hands. A surprising mystery thriller set in New Zealand.
One Small Step by P.B. Kerr
How do you know that Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon? Maybe he wasn’t! This is the exciting story of a secret space programme that landed an 11 year old boy on the moon in 1969, two months before the official landing.
Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
When the aliens on Johnny's computer game want to surrender rather than be blown up, Johnny has to learn to wage all-out peace and save them from destruction.
Larklight by Philip Reeve
Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system.
CoverStarcross by Philip Reeve
Art and his family travel to the exotic Asteroid Belt near Mars for a holiday. There they discover that nothing is quite as it seems, the hotel slips back and forth through time, and the guests behave strangely. It's up to Art, Jack Havoc and his sister Myrtle to get to the bottom of these bizarre things.
Where all things end by David Hill
Jotan lives on Bellatrix, a Star-Reacher that holds 80,000 people and takes nearly three days to walk across. He is on his first mission, an attempt to explore a Black Hole, but they are in grave danger of being sucked in.

A great DVD

The Magic School Bus: Exploring Space

Non-fiction

  • If you like to read about space, head for the 520s in the non-fiction section.
  • If you like to read about space craft, astronauts and travelling to the moon, try 629.4
  • If you like to read about life on other planets, try 576.8
  • If you want to find out about aliens try 001.942

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