Moonshot by Brian Floca

Title: Moonshot

Author/Illustrator: Brian Floca      

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers    

Year: 2009

Awards/Accolades:

Cybils Award Nominee for Nonfiction Picture Books (2009), Sibert Honor (2010), An ALA Notable Children's Book for All Ages (2010),Children's Choice Book Award Nominee for Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year (2010), Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (2010)

Summary:

In somewhat lyrical language, Floca tells the story of the flight of Apollo 11 to the moon, including details from many perspectives of the flight participants.

Use in Classroom/Library:

Read aloud

Curriculum Connections:

Science: space flight, exploration
History

Special Features:

Detailed sources. Front endpapers illustrate the details of the flight, while text on the back endpapers describe the historical setting of the events

This title is in the Knox County Public Library.