About this item
Powerful free verse and stunning illustrations tell the true story of the American effort to land the first man on the Moon.In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would try to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people -- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists -- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality.Award-winning author and former mechanical engineer Suzanne Slade joins up with New York Times best-selling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez to tell the powerful story of the successes, failures, triumphs, tragedies, and lessons from Apollos 1 through 10 that led to the first Moon landing. *2018 Junior Library Guild Selection
About the Author
Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children. A Mechanical Engineer by degree, Ms. Slade lives near Chicago with her husband and two children. Visit her at www.suzanneslade.com.
Her newest books:
OUT OF SCHOOL AND INTO NATURE: THE ANNA COMSTOCK STORY
*Kirkus Starred Review
THE MUSIC IN GEORGE'S HEAD: GEORGE GERSHWIN CREATES RHAPSODY IN BLUE
*Four Starred Reviews (Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers' Weekly, School Library Journal)
*Parents' Choice Gold Award
*Booklist's Top 10 Arts Books for Youth List
*Junior Library Guild Selection
*California Reading Assoc. Eureka! Gold Award
*2017 CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
*2017 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (PreK-3rd)
*2017 Bank Street College of Educ. Best Books of the Year (Ages 5-9)
*2017 Golden Kite Winner for Picture Book Illustration
THE INVENTOR'S SECRET
*2017 NSTA Best STEM Book List
*2016 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
*CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
FRIENDS FOR FREEDOM
*Amelia Bloomer Recommended Titles List
*CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People
*Starred Review - Publishers Weekly
THE SODA BOTTLE SCHOOL
*2015 Reading is Fundamental Multicultural Booklist
*2015 Green Prize
THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT
*a Junior Library Guild Selection
*a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
*2016 ILLINOIS READS selection
CLIMBING LINCOLN'S STEPS
*Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
*Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People
*Available in most Scholastic School Book Fairs
MULTIPLY ON THE FLY
*California Reading Assoc. Eureka! Silver Honor Book
*Illinois READS selection
WHAT'S NEW AT THE ZOO?
*Teachers' Choice Children's Book Award
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
*Amelia Bloomer Recommended Titles List
