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I enjoyed this easy to read storybook about a rover that has visited and explored Mars in order to help scientist gain knowledge of its surface. The writing was easy to understand and informative. This storybook should help capture the attention of your child as they learn about the tools used to learn about other planets.

The friendly title and soft illustrations humanize the Mars space rover, the Opportunity. The clear interesting narrative (and vocabulary) used throughout the children's work will encourage young space engineers and future astronauts to take part in our space journey and in the quest for information from other planets and space.
The story ends on a faithful, but sad note. After 14 and one-half years, Opportunity completes its mission. Ping. Alone. Ping.

Incredible story which is adaptable to basic 2nd grade reading levels as well as more advanced readers. This amazing story uses feminine pronouns to explore technology.

I loved the balance of fun story and NASA facts! It was a great balance that could make this book a great stepping stone from reading the beginning story of Oppy exploring to one day being able to tackle the larger paragraphs on their own. I was a little sad at the end, even though I already knew the outcome of Oppy. I wanted her to keep exploring! Any book that makes you sad about a robot is a good book!
The art in the book was beautiful and the illustrations were great at giving Oppy character.

Well, I never thought a Mars rover could be cute and lovable but here we are! Good Night, Oppy! combines a fun fictionalized storyline with quite a bit of science mixed in for further learning. This book would be excellent for introducing young readers to the Opportunity Mars rover and will engage older readers with the added facts. The illustrations are adorable and I loved the real photos of "Oppy" at the end of the book. Space science is always a popular subject with kids and I am excited to share this book with my students!

I looked through this with my 4 year old and now she is asking lots of questions about space! And she wants to see the book in person.
This is beautifully illustrated and jam packed with information about space rovers and our understanding of planets in our solar system. We really liked the story of Oppy that was delivered along with all the science.

Perfect for young readers with a keen interest in space exploration, and science.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

This book shows a cute Rover exploring Mars. It shows what it would look like walking around Mars. Also, how people on Earth would help the Rover move around. This would be a wonderful science book for the classroom as a read a loud.

I received an eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Beautifully illustrated and jam packed with information about the part that space rovers play in our understanding of planets in our solar system. All delivered with a heart warming story to back up the science.

Perfect for young readers with a keen interest in space, exploration, science and engineering.

My 4 year old and I read this book. He loved learning about Oppy through this fictionalized story of the Mars Opportunity Rover. He especially loved the real pictures at the end. This is a great read for little ones who are excited about space!

I LOVED this children’s book- it is simple to understand and provides so many opportunities (no pun intended) for curiosity and questions. These types of stories can create a lifetime of interest! I will absolutely buy this book when released and I look forward to sharing it with my class!

This book is such a great way to share information about space science with children. The story is told in two different levels, allowing adults to share the basic story and/or additional bits of information, depending on the the child. The story does a great job of incorporating information about Oppy's research in an understandable way and making Oppy a likeable character that children will cheer for. Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for allowing me to review this ARC title. Can't wait to get it for my library's collection!

A very cute & informative book. I love that my son is learning real and scientific information while he’s getting a fun story at the same time.

I consider education in Science essential for children, who after all will be the Scientists and Thinkers of our Future. What a great way to learn is presented by this encouraging picture-and-text story of the Mars Opportunity Rover.

Good Night, Oppy is such a fun book. I know that my kids will enjoy it. We’re studying space so it fits right in with what we’re learning.

I will be purchasing this book for my classroom. I love how the author made the Mars rover into a main character. The personification and accuracy of what Opportunity did was fantastic.

As a reading educator, I both absolutely <em>adore</em> and am kind of disappointed by<em> </em>James McGowan's <em>Good Night, Oppy!</em> Illustrated by Graham Carter, this book had a serious amount of potential. A science-education focused and downright <em>adorable</em> fictionalized story about the Mars rover, Opportunity, sounds amazing. But, unfortunately, it had a few problems.

<b>The Language</b>

I always come back to this when I'm reviewing children's books. The language in <em>Good Night, Oppy!</em> was advanced. This isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes children's books are meant to be read to children. And it's okay that they can't read it themselves. But I do think that there needs to be a conversation about advanced language and how to present it.

You see, <em>Good Night, Oppy!</em> features language like uninhabitable, transmit, roused, and enveloped. And it doesn't explain what these words mean. Sure, parents could always define these words for their kids, but I'll ask this: which parents are going to isolate these specific words and ask their kids if they understand what they mean? Are all the kids going to ask?

I don't, personally, thing that these words shouldn't be part of the book. In fact, I love that they are. But I wish that the book took time to define them to the children. It's not that hard to add "that means living beings can't survive there" after introducing a word like <em>uninhabitable</em>.

<b>The Science and the Artwork</b>

This part of the book was phenomenal. I adored the story of Oppy's detective and scientific work. In many ways, it was thoroughly authentic and accurate. It's unquestionable that there is a massive <em>opportunity</em> for children to learn from reading a book like this. And I sincerely hope that this becomes the favorite book of many young readers. I even hope this to the point that I intend to one day have it on my shelf for my future child.

The pictures were gorgeous and illustrated Oppy's wonderful journey in a wonderfully creative and exciting way. I have no doubt that kids are going to fall utterly in love with this adorable Mars rover. I can already imagine how wonderful it would be if there was a stuffed toy to go along with this book. It's that perfect to me.

<b>As An Educator</b>

In the end, I did really love this book. And the one area in which I do find fault with the book is an area that I, as a parent, would circumvent. I would pause in the middle of the story and ask my child if they had a picture for what groundbreaking means. I would sit and have a conversation with them about how to imagine a world that's uninhabitable. And I think, depending on the age of the child you're reading this book to, they might already understand some of this language.

But, for non-space fanatic young readers, I do feel that certain things should've been explained a little better. I also probably would have made the text less dense on numerous pages, perhaps included some more artwork in order to achieve that goal. It's a great book, don't get me wrong. But I do feel it's one that many parents are going to have to supplement with their kids and not all parents are going to think to do so.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

Thoroughly enjoyed this book about Opportunity and the exploration of Mars. The visual graphics were amazing! My young readers ages 7 and 8 thought the book was very informative and were extremely sad to learn about Oppy’s and the dust storm. Overall this book had easy to read content, kept the non-fiction portion of the story understandable and had very appealing illustrations. We wished it was a little bit longer.

A fictionalized account of the Mars rover Opportunity, this is a great book to get kids interested in science and space. There is humor and heart found within these pages as well as great facts.

Good Night, Oppy! is a delightful children's book about Oppy's time on Mars. I read it to my 4 year old, space obsessed, son and we both loved it. We loved the story and also loved that there were also facts alongside the story and the illustrations were beautiful.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my ARC.

Who didn’t feel something when we sang to Opportunity for the last time? This picture book is great to explain to children how we are slowly advancing our Mars exploration but also made me cry a little because of our wonderful space robot friend.