When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, the Father of US Rocketry
by Kristen Fulton and Diego Funck
Blast off with this bright, energetic nonfiction picture book from Kristen Fulton... read more
9 Total Resources 3 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 756
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 196212
- Curricular Area
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Rocketry--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Goddard, Robert Hutchings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Astronautics
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Rocketry
- Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945--Juvenile literature
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Best STEM Books, 2017-2021
Selection, 2019
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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