Daring Dozen
The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
A gorgeous introduction to the twelve brave men who have left footprints on the moon, just in time to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took one small step and made history. Over the course of the next three-and-a-half years, twelve lunar explorers, including Alan Shepard and Gene Cernan, touched down on the moon's surface. Author and engineer Suzanne Slade reveals how the Apollo missions (1969-1972) built upon one another and led to important discoveries about our nearest neighbor in space. Back matter includes an afterword by Alan Bean (1932-2018), the fourth person to walk on the moon.
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In gentle vignettes, Slade describes each Apollo moon mission in order. "Year after year the moon circles Earth./ All alone," until one day, the Apollo 11 spacecraft appears and "finally it touches the ground." For each mission, Marks's watercolor art captures the majesty of space, with dramatic depictions of the spacecraft being maneuvered and astronauts walking the moon's surface. The Apollo 13 astronauts peer anxiously through the window of their injured ship; the Apollo 17 astronauts collect soil; and on the Apollo 14mission, Alan Shepard plays a round of golf on the moon's surface. A final illustration shows two children gazing at the "steadfast moon" through a telescope. Substantial back matter, with a timeline and an afterword from astronaut Alan Bean, concludes this reflective and informative portrait of the U.S. moon missions. Ages 5 9.
