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Heinlein's first novel published as a book, Rocket Ship Galileo, was initially rejected because going to the moon was considered too far out, but he soon found a publisher, Scribner's, that began publishing a Heinlein juvenile once a year for the Christmas season.

Eight of these books were illustrated by Clifford Geary in a distinctive white-on-black scratchboard style.

Some representative novels of this type are Have Space Suit — Will Travel, Farmer in the Sky, and Starman Jones.

Many of these were first published in serial form under other titles, e. g., Farmer in the Sky was published as Satellite Scout in the Boy Scout magazine Boys ' Life.

There has been speculation that Heinlein's intense obsession with his privacy was due at least in part to the apparent contradiction between his unconventional private life and his career as an author of books for children, but For Us, The Living also explicitly discusses the political importance Heinlein attached to privacy as a matter of principle.