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Children's books come in all sizes. These are some of the smallest I have found that fit my "children's non-fiction" about space collection. These were part of the "Orbit Pocket Library" and are only 10 cm by 10 cm.
Rockets and Spacecraft, Book One. and Two London : Collins. (28 p.) 10 cm. Board, DJ.
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With no obvious copyright date, from spacecraft depicted it is around 1966. Has text alternating with illustrations. They have many illustrations of rockets, both military and various civilian programs.
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Especially interesting are the British rocket designs depicted. It is almost impossible to find children's books about the British rockets.
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as well as American concepts that never quite got beyond the planning stages.
Yes, I had these books as a child. I wanted to be an X-15 pilot!
ReplyDeleteI later obtained copies of them. They're still nice to look at.