Who is Valentina Tereshkova? You mean you don't know. Read my new poem to DISCOVER.Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Shined as bright as any nova-
Won a special spatial race:
The first woman into space.
Today is the birthday of Russian Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, born March 6, 1937. She became the first woman to fly into space aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
Despite nausea and physical discomfort, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. She recently won the greatest woman of the century award.
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Wow. SO cool. Thanks for making me smarter today.
Happy Women's History Month!!
That is some spunk and determination. Thanks for honoring her with a poem.
BTW, I'm including two of your books in my post of PF this week.
Go Valentina!
Great poem to honor her!
I knew the name - say, if it was a "Millionaire" question, I'd have got it - "Jeopardy" - I'd have been in jeopardy without more info.
Good job!
Kat
It's amazing how poetry can teach us so much in so few words. I can't wait to share it with my eighth graders!
Wow! Thanks for the history lesson! Thanks for delivering it in verse!
I'm headed to Cover to Cover Children's Books this weekend with the hopes that I'll leave with your new book IN MY HANDS at last!!!
How very, very cool!
Learned something new,
And in poetic form too!
8)
Actually, I thought you had Russianized my name when I first read the caption...LOL!
Thank you jama, Yat-Yee, Kelly, Poetikat,Linda, Mary Lee, and
Tereshka, I mean Teresa!
I love that surreal photo of her.
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