Summer is a perfect time to learn about space. Even if family vacations don't include stops at a NASA center or an air and space museum, kids can gaze at the stars deep into the night without worrying about the cold, and they can spend long, lazy days reading about the final frontier.

Here are a few of OiiOSpace.com's favorite space books for children and young adults. The following list is just a sampling, of course; to learn about many other great titles, check out reviews by the National Space Society and the Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla.