Bøger af Leland Melvin

When a team of brilliant kids-turned-astronauts find themselves in serious trouble in outer space, they must work together to get back home in this incredible middle-grade graphic novel created by real life astronaut, Leland Melvin! Launch into action in T-Minus 3, 2, 1... When Tia Valor takes a test for an exclusive NASA program, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she's been skipping school to work at her brother's auto shop and her grades have taken a nosedive. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees Tia's potential, and before she knows it she's part of an elite group of brilliant kids training to go to an advanced NASA space station orbiting the earth. But the perils of space are unpredictable and Tia finds herself with only half her crew and no adults around to help. Now she must rely on her instincts and the quick thinking of her fellow kid astronauts to save the space station and their lives! Created by real-life astronaut Leland Melvin, Eisner-Award nominated comic writer Joe Caramagna, and brought to brilliant life by Alison Acton, STEAM TEAM is a space adventure like no other.

"In Chasing Space, Leland Melvin tackles stupendous obstacles with dogged determination, showing you what is indeed possible in life?if you belive." ?Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Welcome to the Universe. Winner of the 2019 Grand Canyon Reader Award for Tween Non-FictionMeet Leland Melvin?football star, NASA astronaut, and professional dream chaser. In this inspiring memoir, adapted from the simultaneous version for adults, young readers will get to learn about Leland Melvin's remarkable life story, from being drafted by the Detroit Lions to bravely orbiting our planet in the International Space Station to writing songs with will.i.am, working with Serena Williams, and starring in top-rated television shows like The Dog Whisperer, Top Chef, and Child Genius.With do-it-yourself experiments in the back of the book and sixteen pages of striking full-color photographs, this is the perfect book to inspire young readers.When the former Detroit Lion's football career was cut short by an injury, Leland didn't waste time mourning his broken dream. Instead, he found a new one?something that was completely out of this world.He joined NASA, braved an injury that nearly left him permanently deaf, and still managed to muster the courage and resolve to travel to space on the shuttle Atlantis to help build the International Space Station. Leland's problem-solving methods and can-do attitude turned his impossible-seeming dream into reality.Leland's story introduces readers to the fascinating creative and scientific challenges he had to deal with in space and will encourage the next generation of can-do scientists to dare to follow their dreams.Bill Nye the Science Guy says: ?Leland's story moves fast; once you get started you'll want to join the chase.?