Astronaut Annie by Suzanne Slade
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
Genre: Childrens, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (36 pages)
Age Recommendation: 6+
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

Annie’s joyful exuberance and her family’s whole-hearted support leave no doubt that her dream is within her grasp. This delightful story―with backmatter about women astronauts―encourages young readers to pursue their dreams and reach for the stars.

Career Day is approaching, and Annie can’t wait to show her family what she’s planning to be when she grows up. But, she must keep it a secret until Friday! So curious family members each ask Annie for a clue. Convinced that she’ll be a news reporter like he once was, Grandpop gives her his old camera to use for her presentation. Grandma is sure Annie wants to be a champion baker like her, so she offers a mixing bowl and oven mitts to Annie. Hopeful she’ll become the mountain climber he aspired to be, Dad gives Annie an old backpack. Mom presents Annie with a pair of high-top sneakers to pursue Mom’s favorite sport in high school — basketball.
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Grateful for each gift, Annie cleverly finds a way to use them all to create her Career Day costume. When the big day arrives, Annie finally reveals her out-of-this-world dream to everyone.

It’s never too early to begin planning for the future.

Annie was such a friendly and enthusiastic kid. I liked her immediately, and my impression of her only grew warmer as I got to know her even better than I did in the first scene. She was the kind of character that I’d love to see an entire series of books written about. It seemed to me that we’d only scratched the surface of her life. I always enjoy it when I meet a character who feels this complex and interesting, and I’d sure be interested in reading more about her if the author ever writes a sequel.

I would have liked to see more time spent developing the plot. The blurb gave away so much of what happened that there weren’t a lot of surprises later on in the storyline. As interested as I was in finding out what Annie was planning to do for career day, it would have been nice to have a few twists along the way as I waiting to discover what was going on in this character’s life.

Some of my favorite scenes were the ones that happened early on when various members of Annie’s family were playfully attempting to convince her to give hints about what she was going to do for Career Day. She had close-knit relationships with all of the adults in her life, and it showed. I enjoyed seeing how her family spent their free time together and how much they cared for each other.

Astronaut Annie should be read to any child who has ever had big dreams about what he or she might be when they grow up.