The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)

 

Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of were YA Pocket Book of: The Air, The Land, The Sea, Animals, and Wonder Quiz Book. It has very colorful images and I am happy to share some with you from TYAPB of Space Travel.

The Young Adventurer’s Pocket Book of Space Travel (pamphlet accompanying Mickey Mouse Weekly). Illustrated by Lacey, Bill. London: Odhams Press (32 p.) 1954.

Blast Off (1973)

 

This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!

Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.

One, Two (1965)

 

The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.

DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.) 1965.

Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)

 

The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration for the book and have added those to the pages.

I blogged about this book (1958 English copy) back in 2015

Part 1: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2015/05/exploring-space-true-story-of-rockets.html

Part 2: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2015/05/exploring-space-true-story-of-rockets_8.html

This one is:

Wyler, Rose. Illustrated by Gergely, Tibor and Solenewitsch, George. Translated by Anda Amir. Exploring Space : A True Story of the Rockets of Today and a Glimpse of the Rockets That Are to Come. Israel : Amos. (24 p.) 19.5 cm. 1960.