Picture Book · Ages 0–5 · 2013

Laika the Astronaut

A stray dog vanishes in space, but her journey is far from over.

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32 pages· ~430L

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Bookroo's summary

Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, is chosen for a groundbreaking space mission. When her rocket mysteriously disappears, the world believes she's lost forever. But Laika's adventure is just beginning as she finds a new home on a distant planet. What awaits her in this cosmic odyssey?

From the publisher

Laika is a homeless stray living on the streets of Moscow when she is picked by the space programme to be the first ever animal launched into orbit However, her rocket disappears and everyone thinks Laika is lost forever - no one knows what happened to her. In Owen Davey’s imaginative story you discover that Laika was rescued by a loving new owner and found her true home on a planet far, far away.

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