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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books)

by Brian Floca

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Publisher Comments:

Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great machines in all their detail and monumentality, the ROAR of rockets, and the silence of the Moon. Here is a story of adventure and discovery — a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away.

Review:

On the cover, a precisely detailed spacecraft floats buoyantly among the stars, pointing toward a crescent moon. Inside, a lush earth-shaped vignette floats on an empty page, its borders enclosing a woodland field. Beginning with these quiet scenes, readers take a journey through the shattering double-page spread at "LIFTOFF!" to the moment when all eyes swing full circle to view "the good and lonely... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) Earth, / glowing in the sky." Woven into the astronauts' historic 1969 journey is another, more domestic one: A family follows the mission's progress, staring aloft on the title page, then later hunching toward their television and finally exploding with relief as the Eagle lands safely. No journey is complete, however, without a return, and the final two pages pair the drama of splashdown with another glimpse of that field, the family now busy creating their own version of space flight on a more human scale. If this were all, it would be enough, but carefully designed endpapers pack in additional information for budding scientists to enjoy. And while the illustrations speak eloquently of the wonders of science, the free verse text positively sings. Within a single sentence, facts (the rocket is 30 stories high and weighs 6 million pounds) and artistry ("a tower full of fuel and fire") keep company. In this beautiful amalgam of science and poetry, words, set free from gravity, merge into images that reverberate and soar.

— Kristi Jemtegaard

Reviewed by Various Reviewers, Washington Post Book World (Copyright 2006 Washington Post Book World Service/Washington Post Writers Group)
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About the Author

Brian Floca is the award-winning author and illustrator of Lightship, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; The Racecar Alphabet, called "astonishing" in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews; and Five Trucks. He is the illustrator of The Hinky-Pink, by Megan McDonald; Uncles and Antlers by Lisa Wheeler; and Poppy, by Avi. His forthcoming Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 stems from long-standing interest in the space program and is the result of extensive research, including trips to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the Johnson Space Center.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781416950462

Subtitle:

The Flight of Apollo 11

Author:

Floca, Brian

Publisher:

Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

Subject:

Space flight to the moon

Subject:

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Subject:

Aeronautics & Astronautics

Subject:

Science & Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science

Subject:

Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science

Subject:

History - United States/20th Century

Subject:

Children s Nonfiction-Outer Space

Edition Description:

Picture book

Series:

Richard Jackson Books

Publication Date:

20090407

Binding:

Hardback

Grade Level:

Children/juvenile

Language:

English

Illustrations:

YES

Pages:

48

Dimensions:

11.75 x 10.5 in

Children's Book Type:

Picture / Wordless

Age Level:

08-12

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books) New Hardcover Brian Floca

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