Race Further with Reading: The Awful Astronaut
Damian Harvey, Davide Ortu
Horrible Histories meets Wimpy Kid in these funny stories mismatching characters with careers. The stories are colour chapter books perfect for the independent reader. In this story, Sam Jones cannot wait to be an astronaut but there is a problem; in fact there are many: he is very clumsy, gets travel sick, and is generally disaster prone!
Race Further with Reading is a series designed to build reading confidence with illustrated stories in manageable bite-size chapters, which encourage a sense of achievement at completing each one. They follow on a level from the Race Ahead with Reading series with stories of 2,000 words. The books are perfect for children aged 6-8 or who read book band 11.
Reviews
The book is about Sam Jones wants to be a perfect astronaut but everything keeps going wrong. He is my favorite character because in chapter 4 he put his helmet the wrong way round and he made me laugh.
Lord Pirate Postage-Stamp 30.08.2024
I loved it.
Constable Gonzo Taramasalata 26.08.2024
Good story about bad astronaut ,but he is good dad.
Empress Panther Buffalo 13.08.2024
I liked Sam, because he never give up. Also good dad for his children.
Doctor Daisy Pinkerton 08.08.2024
I liked Sam the best as he was funny. He spilled milk in space which was floating like jelly and then cut the cord from Casper.
Don River Sofa 02.07.2024
he had children that wanted to be astronauts like there father.
Anonymous 28.12.2023
I liked Sam adventure but what happened to Commander?
General Carnaby Skateboard 15.09.2023
I would recommend this to a person who likes to go to space
Anonymous 29.08.2023
I feel fun. I like sam . I will recommend to my little brother.
Director Pinky Bookmark 21.08.2023
Interesting to read. I liked it but hard to explain.
Anonymous 18.08.2023
I liked Sam the main character as I found him funny. I would recommend this book
Major Chester Elephant 09.08.2023
Vety interesting book, he was so scared of height.
Director Angel Turkey 02.08.2023
I loved the cereals
Prince Cornetto Godzilla 02.08.2023
I liked that Sam was so silly.
Viscount Burp Chocolate-mousse 29.07.2023
It was a fiction book and my favourite person in the book was Sam. It was interesting because Sam kept on messing about and it was funny. I would recommend it to someone else because it shows so many different things done by Sam that was funny.
Marshal Rapunzel Unicycle 26.07.2023
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My favorite character was dad. it was a fiction book. It was interesting, because there was an astronaut in the book. I would recommend it to my friends.
Don Pluto Glitterball 17.07.2023
I want to be an astronaut! Sam was my favorite character. I recommend it
Prince Hercules Arlington 20.09.2022
This was a good book about a man called Sam who was scared of heights but wanted to be an astronaut
Inspector Pirate Frankfurter 17.08.2022
I liked it when Sam opened up the space pops and floated everywhere and his friend started eating them with him. The put milk into the 0 gravity
Judge Mildred Yo-yo 14.08.2022
Funny as the dad kept doing everything wrong like when the cereal when flying the the air and the milk
Anonymous 09.08.2022
