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The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

By Eleanor Cameron (Trade Paperback, 1988)
In print since the 1950s, the Mushroom Planet series is back with a new design by illustrator Kevin Hawkes. Don t miss the adventures of Chuck and David, two boys who travel to the alien planet Basidium in their homemade spaceship. This timeless series is a classic that is sure to be read over and over again.
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  • Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    • Format: Trade Paperback

    • Price: $6.99 US/$7.99 CAN

    • ISBN-13: 9780316125406

    • On Sale Date: 10/03/1988

    • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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In print since the 1950s, the Mushroom Planet series is back with a new design by illustrator Kevin Hawkes. Don t miss the adventures of Chuck and David, two boys who travel to the alien planet Basidium in their homemade spaceship. This timeless series is a classic that is sure to be read over and over again.

Mrs. Cameron received both the Commonwealth Club of California Award and an award for her novel, A Spell is Cast. Her book A Room Made of Windows, a story about a girl trying to come to terms with her life, won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award.
All Mrs. Cameron's books blend reality and imagination with a distinction that makes them timeless.

  • The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet:
    « "Science fiction and a touch of magic and who's to tell which ends where* A delightful story of two boys who, with their small space ship, find a little planet near the earth and help the inhabitants out of a great difficulty, all through the magic of a strange little man the likes of whom will be hard to find again on earth. Recommended for the factual and the fanciful."
    *School Library Journal, starred review

    "An expert combination of fact and fantasy, science and wonder, of humor and imagination."
    *Saturday Review

    "This has everything a solar-happy youngster could ask for."
    *Atlantic Monthly

    Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet:
    "Mrs. Cameron has achieved the unusual feat of writing a sequel which is even more absorbing than the original."
    *New York Times

    "There is no diminishing of the expert combination of fact and fantasy, of science and wonder, of humor and imagination that made the first book so original and delightful."
    *Saturday Review

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The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Price: $6.99 US/$7.99 CAN
  • Pages: 214
  • Physical Dimensions: 5" x 7-1/2"
  • ISBN-13: 9780316125406
  • On Sale Date: 10/03/1988
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet