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The Darkest Dark. Chris Hadfield & Kate Fillion. Illustrated by The Fan Brothers [Terry & Eric]. Toronto, ON: Tundra Books, 2016. 48 pp., hardcover & epub, $22.99 (hc.). ISBN 978-1-1019-1862-3 (hc.), ISBN 978-1-1019-1864-7 (epub).
Subject Headings:
Hadfield, Chris, 1959-Childhood and youth-Juvenile literature.
Hadfield, Chris, 1959-Juvenile literature.
Astronauts-Canada-Biography-Juvenile literature.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
Review by Ellen Heaney.
**** /4
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is a trained military pilot who became known for his missions on the International Space Station and his friendly commentary and music sent from there to earth. He retired from the Canadian Space Agency in 2013. He has become a public speaker; a writer (An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth); a recording artist (Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can); and a teacher at the University of Waterloo. He has even made an appearance on MasterChef Canada where he talked about what the food is like when you are an astronaut.
Now he is also a...