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.

Author: Suzanne Slade
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 03/05/2019
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.3lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781580897730
Audience: 05 - 09

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 506234 / Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019
Booklist 02/15/2019 pg. 42
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2019
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 129
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Suzanne Slade is a mechanical engineer who worked on Delta IV rockets for NASA. She has written more than one hundred children's books, including Dangerous Jane; Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story; The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford; Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass; and The House That George Built. Suzanne lives near Chicago.

Alan Marks has been fascinated by space since watching the Apollo moon missions as a child. He is now the illustrator of many books for children, including The People of the Town, High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs, Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle, Little Lost Bat, A Mother's Journey, and Storm, winner of the Carnegie Medal. www.marksonpaper.co.uk