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The official website of the bestselling First Cat in Space graphic novels for kids: The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza and The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom by New York Times-bestselling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Shawn Harris,.
A hilarious graphic novel adventure following the adventures of First Cat, LOZ 4000, and the Moon Queen as they race to save the moon from the hungry Rat King. New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator Shawn Harris return for the second installment the First Cat series!
New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza live cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney.
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza is a bestselling, award-winning graphic novel by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris about a cat who gets blasted into space to save the moon from being eaten by rats. Read the comic science-fiction fantasy epic adventure children's book today.
On Oct. 18, 1963, Félicette (who was officially known as C 341), was strapped into a Véronique rocket and blasted from Algeria to nearly 100 miles (161 kilometers) above Earth. She experienced about five minutes of weightlessness followed by the terror of a turbulent, spinning descent via parachute. Just 15 minutes later, the flight was complete.
BUY IT. “Hilarious.”. —The New York Times. "Ridiculously fun and brilliantly illustrated." —Dav Pilkey. ★ “Laugh-out-loud.”. —School Library Journal. (starred review) ★ “In full, vivid color, the loose cartoon style exudes an infectious glee, flawlessly matching Barnett’s freewheeling, absurdist humor and plotting.”.
No more cats went into the Earth’s orbit, and Félicette remained the first and only cat to have been in space. Why was Félicette forgotten? Despite her contributions to science, Félicette received far less recognition than the other animal astronauts.
Félicette, the only cat to have ever survived a sojourn into space, is now being recognized for her extraterrestrial achievements in the form of a bronze statue at the International Space...
While the world remembers Laika’s historic journey in 1957, it is less well known that a few years later, the first feline ventured into space as part of the French space program Felicette, the...
Félicette's journey to outer space was preceded by Laika, the Russian street dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. However, unlike Laika, who died in space...