Greetings wonderful people. The campaign to make this book a reality has been going steady but we got to keep it going. If you've liked what you seen so far please pre-order and I will work tirelessly to bring you a fully realized product. I should have a new chapter to show you very soon. 

Thanks for your continuing support and have a good week.

TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A BOOKSTORE DAY

Mark your calendar: Take Your Child To A Bookstore Day is Saturday, December 5th.

In honor of TYCTAB Day (created by children's author Jenny Milchman as an auspicious way to bring in the holidays and share her love for bookstores, and now in its 6th year), I will doing my first book-signing ever for The Astronaut Instruction Manual at Island Books in Key West. If you are in the area, by all means stop in and say hi. If you have a book I'll sign it and if you need a book Inkshares' Avalon Radys has made sure there are plenty on hand.

(And if you're not in Key West, then by all means be sure and take your child to a bookstore wherever you are. Bookstores literally made me the person I am today. I would not be here but for the mystery and wonder and science and fantastic adventure that bookstores (and libraries!!) enabled in my formative years and beyond.)

Feel free to spread the word about TYCTAB Day. Here is our Facebook post and here is the Twitter tweet. Share, like, and RT, my faithful reader allies. Let a million children's imagination be set free to soar with books and reading. After all, it worked for you and me!

Keep up the good work,
Mike Mongo
astronaut teacher

PS btw the breath-taking young reader pictured above is Sophie, daughter of Jed & Molly. And yes she is 104% as awesome a person as she looks. We are honored to count her as a fan, ally, and future space explorer.