'Is There Life in Outer Space?' by Jan Leyssens with art by Joachim Sneyers is a non-fiction book for children about the Voyager disc and about Carl Sagan also.

Posing questions about the possibility of life on other planets, this book starts with earlier theories about life on the Moon or Mars. In the 1970s, Astrobiologist Carl Sagan learned about the Voyager satellites that were exploring our solar system and beyond and worked with a team to design a golden plaque that could tell beings in space about life on Earth.

It's an interesting children's book of more questions than answers. The story of the golden plaques is good. The illustrations are combinations of line drawings and full color and are pretty good. It's a nice nonfiction book for young readers interested in our solar system.

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What a cool picture book depicting an important contributor to science and history! The illustrations for vibrant and diverse, showing both artistically drawn images and images that were drawn/sketched like blueprints. Overall, the book is informative and is a great introduction to Carl Sagan and the golden record. Beautifully done!

An interesting little book about some specific moments in science history- the Pioneer program, and later, the Voyager program, both of which sending satellites out into space. We learn how Carl Sagan and others designed gold plaques with information about the Earth to attach to the Pioneer satellites, and create gold records with sounds from around the world for the Voyager satellites. The text concludes with explaining the Voyager missions, and NASA's announcement in 2019 that we'll be going back to the moon with plans to live there. The information was interesting- I remember it from my childhood; I was too young to be aware of the gold plaques at the time, but I remember hearing about the record, and how they decided what to put on it. While the text does mention these items being there in case extraterrestrials came across the satellites, the title is a bit misleading (not that I was expecting an actual answer). I wouldn't have minded this being a little longer, but it has enough info to gets kids interested in exploring further. The art isn't my favorite, but it's not bad. A good gateway science book for kids.

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This fun book explores the possibilities of life outside Earth, with answers based in science. It's a great book for curious minds and has fun illustrations to keep kids interested.
Many thanks to Thomas Nelson: Children's Division and NetGalley for the advance copy.

This contains information that was new to me. If someone is interested in outer space and contact with alien life then they might enjoy this short story. The illustrations were.....interesting?

That was such a good book! I think it could be longer!
Very informative with cool illustrations and talking about space in an approachable way.
All in all, it looks very well executed and I am sure it will do great when it is published next year!

Thanks Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book, in exchange for an honest review!

I thought that this was a great book!

I love the illustrations and the book had lots of fun and quirky facts too.

I love this was of learning and this was a book you could easily pick up and put down without losing track of where you were with it being punchy and well laid out too.

It is 4 stars from me for this one, I loved reading books like this when I was a kid and enjoyed this one too as an adult - highly recommended!

This book is about space, specifically Carl Sagan and his quest to contact life in space. I found it super interesting and informative. The illustrations are vibrant and fun and I think kids interested in space will really like this one.

The third book in this series for me, and I think the best – although the 'How the Earth Moves' one was great, too. They all share a similar aesthetic, and text-wise they try to look at just one or two people from our science history who can show a basic tenet of the world. So one showed just a couple of people researching the bottom of the sea, the other a scientist who was pooh-poohed about plate tectonics. This book, then, gives us Carl Sagan, and the people who devised the gold laser disc-styled postcards that were sent out into space in the 1970s. It's equally about him and what he got put on the discs, as it is about the concept of alien life, and as a result the title, for all the lack of answer from the book, is a bit misleading. Still, with the design of the work – one grandly attractive artwork in full colour per spread, with one cartoon accompanying a single paragraph of text – we see a great library of similar books building. These can only be recommended for schools and other educators – I might not have taken to the undersea one so well, but I still think it worth considering the full set. A strong four stars.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book. I loved this book! It is a beautifully designed and illustrated book for young readers educating on the science of space, specially the chance of life in space. It’s a short, concise read with a theme of deep purples and blues giving the space vibe, with scientific drawings and a main character. I really thought this was a great book for kids!