Drew Brockington

Super cute, but I had two issues:

1. Are all the catstronauts male? I wanted to believe Pom Pom or Blanket could be female, but this book is all dialogue so there aren't a lot of pronouns and the illustrations don't clearly convey a gender. UPDATE: Pom Pom is identified as female in book two. Issue somewhat resolved (I'd prefer if half were female, but at least they're not all male).

2. The World's Best Scientist says, "Because the moon is always covered in sunlight, we will be able to constantly collect solar energy [by putting solar panels on the moon].". But that didn't seem right to me. I'm not an astronomer, so I checked NASA's Moon Portal website and it says, "The front and back are alternately lit as the Moon rotates." https://moon.nasa.gov/about/misconceptions/

Otherwise this is delightfully punny and surprisingly similar to the movie Apollo 13.… (altro)