November 28th is Red Planet Day!  Let’s celebrate our most explored and fourth planet in our solar system, Mars. NASA currently has two rovers, one helicopter, and one lander exploring it. Maybe someday astronauts (and perhaps even you!) will visit Mars. Visit NASA’s website on Mars   and Deep Space exploration from the Moon to Mars here  for more information from real astronauts.  Check out these great books and take your own special trip to the Red Planet:   Mars! Earthlings Welcome  written by Stacy McAnulty and illustrated by Steve Lewis Also available in Wonderbook format (illustrated by Matt Godfrey and Findaway World, LLC. Curiosity :  la historia de un robot explorador de Marte written and illustrated by Markus Motum and translated by Carlos Mayor The Story of a Mars Rover   the English title is also available to request from libraries outside of Worcester.  Exploring Space : From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond  written...

If you are in Worcester there is probably a walking trail near you. Did you know one even has a very small waterfall? Click  here   for a list of Worcester's urban hiking locations and enjoy the fall leaves and beautiful scenery all around you.  Here are some great titles to get you ready to enjoy the great outdoors: Finding Wild written by Megan Wagner Lloyd and illustrated by Abigail Halpin This title is available to request from libraries outside of Worcester. This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers The Spanish title Este alce es mío is also available. The Not-So-Great Outdoors by Madeline Kloepper This title is available to request from libraries outside of Worcester. Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer  The Hike by Alison Farrell  -Rebecca