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juniper_reads_things's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
4.0
This was a sweet, tender book about a stray dog reaching for the stars. I always knew about Laika but I didn’t know that she DIED because her SPACESHIP BLEW UP. I felt so sad.. but the book ended on a very sweet note. Now she is among the stars with the pack members that cane before her.
Of course, she wouldn’t have been up there in the first place if people didn’t BLOW HER UP.
puttingwingsonwords's review
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
kiralovesreading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
I don't even know what to say.
annetjeberg's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great, and sad, introduction to a part of history that really speaks to the imagination of children. While reading, I didn't realize how closely this book actually portrayed what really happened! I loved the final question in the book, and it was a wonderful conversation starter. Another example of how picture books are the perfect means for non-fiction.
anneke_b's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great, and sad, introduction to a part of history that really speaks to the imagination of children. While reading, I didn't realize how closely this book actually portrayed what really happened! I loved the final question in the book, and it was a wonderful conversation starter. Another example of how picture books are the perfect means for non-fiction.
judiths_portals's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I was happy to finally be able to read this moving story about the (poor) brave dog Laika by Kai Cheng Thom and Kai Yun Ching. Eversince reading "Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir" I'm a fan and I love how she and Kai Cheng Thom created this magical story about the first creature to orbit around Earth. They gave Laika a voice and though you may loose faith in humanity when you learn about Laika's fate, Kai Cheng Thom and Kai Yun Ching manage to restore it.
sunflowerjess's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
What a beautiful, heartbreaking story. Although we can't know Laika's thoughts as she was traveling, I thought this was a sweet addition to the true story of Laika and Vlad and is everything I hoped for from Kai Cheng Thom and Kai Yun Ching.
lancre's review against another edition
5.0
if I cried over this at a comic arts convention that’s MY business
ananyagarg's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful telling of the true and sad story of Laika, the first dog in space.