Illustrated by Jerry PinkneyPublished 2008
32 pages
Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin)
$17.99
Rating: 4.5
Here's another picture book that incorporates a good story with great historical facts.
Mae (the future astronaut?) visits her grandparents' farm in STAR during the summer of 1969, and together they watch the Eagle take off and land on the moon, while listening to Walter Cronkite's voice on the news, and watching Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins take the first historic steps of the world's first moon mission. Dianna Aston and Jerry Pinkney make you feel THERE, with them. So many facts, so much imagination, dreaming, and reflection about the past and the future make this book a top read for this, the 40th anniversary of this first visit to the moon. 40 years!
President Obama read this book to second graders at a public school in Washington. There's a cool picture here. I would love to hear the discussion after he read it!
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