You Are the First Kid on Mars by Patrick O' Brien

Gr. 1-3. Take a journey to Mars! Realistic illustrations show what life on Mars would really be like. Detailed descriptions and depictions reveal every step of the journey including the technology and machinery necessary to undertake such an expedition and support human life on the planet while research is being conducted.

This book reads like a factual picture book. The illustrations are so detailed and accurate that at first glance many of them appear to be photographs. A two-page spread at the back of the book lists facts about Mars. This might not be the text a child looking for sources for a school project is searching for, but it would be an excellent read for any child interested in space, space technology, planets, or the solar system.