Moon's First Friends
One Giant Leap for Friendship
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller! Delight in this heartwarming picture book about a moon who just wants a friend...
Commemorate the extraordinary 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and learn about the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon through this sweet story about friendship! From high up in the sky, the Moon has spent her whole life watching Earth and hoping for someone to visit. Dinosaurs roam, pyramids are built, and boats are made, but still no one comes. The Moon can't help but wonder…will friends ever come visit her? Until one day a spaceship soars from Earth...and so does her heart. Filled with beautiful illustrations and charming text, this moon book for kids ages 4-7 and bedtime read aloud is a must-have for parents and teachers alike searching for new solar system books and astronaut books for toddlers and children.
Why readers love Moon's First Friends:
•An educational and heartwarming story about the first moon landing told from the unique perspective of the Moon herself!
•Makes a fantastic back to school book, holiday stocking stuffer, or gift for birthdays, Christmas, Easter, or any occasion!
•Educational bonus content in the back includes out-of-this world facts about the moon, space flight, and the individuals who made the mission possible
•A scannable QR code allows readers to listen to the exciting countdown to Apollo 11's liftoff and touch down
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hill imagines the Apollo 11 moon landing from the perspective of the moon itself. In Paganelli's friendly illustrations, the moon is an anthropomorphic, bright-eyed blue sphere with rosy cheeks who communicates with the changing world throughout history. Despite how she tries to make friends, from saber-toothed tigers to early air balloonists, all of Earth's denizens remain planet-bound. Not even an early airplane can reach her, and "a chimpanzee in a Mercury capsule... returned to Earth without reaching her." At last, the moon meets the astronauts of Apollo 11: "The astronauts walked across her surface with great bounding steps that made her dust bloom." Hill concludes this light moon-landing story with back matter, including photographs, a timeline of the Earth's eras, and details about the Apollo 11 mission. Ages 4 8.
