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Mousetronaut is an excellent book with an unmissable message: you are never too small, too young, etc, to be helpful and have purpose! I love that an astronaut wrote it and that he got the idea for his book when he observed the mice on his real space mission. The mouse's name is Meteor - I loved it! Great illustrations! The pull-out pages that include the solar system helped give readers a visual for the concept of the size of space. Facts in the back teach kids how animals were used in space. Mousetronaut would be an excellent read-aloud for grades 1-5 elementary students. It would be a great addition to a science section of the class and open up discussion about the space program, what astronauts achieve, and the various ways exploration benefits everyone.