Satellites: Learn All About Satellites and Their Special Missions to Connect, Inform, and Protect All of US on Planet Earth

Ages 7 to 9, Grades 2 to 4

Look up into a clear night sky and soon enough, you’ll see a dot of light zip past. It’s not a shooting star—it’s a satellite.

Every day, thousands of satellites orbit the Earth doing important jobs. Meet NOAA, Galileo, Aura, James Webb, and more, and find out about their special missions to connect, inform, and protect all of us on planet Earth.

Satellites introduces children to smart satellite technology and all the ways satellites monitor the planet’s health and help us take action. The book uniquely combines Earth science and the latest space tech and is designed to fascinate and reassure. It includes a multitude of news-related themes: climate change, deforestation, wildlife tracking, storm/fire warnings, military maneuvres, exploration, new spaceports, space junk, and more. Satellite tech is at the forefront of the modern space race. There has never been a better time to learn about our ‘eyes in the sky.’

About the Author

Kate Peridot writes fiction and non-fiction, and likes to imaginatively blend the two to create immersive books. Kate comes from a family of space nerds and interstellar dreamers. She watches live rocket launches and landings with an awe she'd like to share with readers. She hopes to inspire and prove to children that working in the space tech industry is not an impossible dream.

Denis Freitas is an illustrator and graphic designer from São Paulo, Brazil. He has always loved cartoons and comic books, and he started reproducing the characters he liked the most and acquiring knowledge of his own through books, magazines, and practicing observation drawing. In addition to his work as an illustrator, he is also part of the Street Art duo B-47sa, producing murals and canvases since 1999.