{"id":18937,"date":"2009-02-25T13:32:29","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T19:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredbortz.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/18937\/book-recommendation-almost-astronauts-by-tanya-lee-stone\/"},"modified":"2011-07-12T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T22:38:21","slug":"book-recommendation-almost-astronauts-by-tanya-lee-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/fredbortz\/18937\/book-recommendation-almost-astronauts-by-tanya-lee-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Recommendation: Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend and fellow children’s author Tanya Lee Stone has put all of her passion and research skills into a book that is guaranteed to change the lives of young women who dream of great achievements in science and technology. Not only do I recommend the book, but I also recommend that readers in the DC area mark their calendars for Tanya’s speaking events next month.
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\nThe book is Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream<\/em><\/a>. It has received numerous rave reviews and endorsements that tell me it will certainly compete for major awards next year. (You read it here first, folks!)<\/p>\n

Here’s some of the publisher’s dust jacket copy:<\/p>\n

Did you know? Take a journey back to 1961 and discover the 13 women pilots who had the Right Stuff to become America’s first female astronauts. They took all the Mercury 7 tests and performed as well or better than the men, but NASA was not ready to let women into the space program. Even after a Congressional hearing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tanya will be speaking at two prestigious venues in Washington DC on March 14:<\/p>\n

1) 10AM-12 PM
\nTalk and signing at Politics & Prose bookstore<\/p>\n

2) Family Day
\nNational Air & Space Museum\/Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
\nWomen in Aviation & Space Day<\/p>\n

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
\nAuthor, Tanya Lee Stone will be speaking to the public<\/p>\n

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
\nBook Signing Almost Astronauts <\/em> by author, Tanya Lee Stone<\/p>\n

I’m so proud to know Tanya, and I hope this posting prompts many of you to discover her work.<\/p>\n

And if you want to thank me for this introduction, please also take the time to discover my contribution to the “Women’s Adventures in Science” middle-grade biography series, Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fred Bortz
\nChildren’s Science Books<\/a>
\nand
\nScience Book Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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