"Adventures in Space" is an excellent four-book series telling the history of human space travel as experienced by four famous astronauts: Yuri Gagarin and the Race to Space; Neil Armstrong and Getting to the Moon; Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions; and Chris Hadfield and the International Space Station. The books are absolutely packed with information, and yet the stories are told with drama. Sidebars and pull-quotes contain even more facts. Pictures and illustrations are perfectly matched to the text. These are not complete biographies of the four astronauts, but rather use the astronauts as characters in human exploration history to engage readers in the story. The device works very well. ( )