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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Gr 4-7 This is a handsome, carefully engineered compendium. The text begins with the so-called space race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the l950s and '60s and then offers brief descriptions of the 17 flights that made up the Apollo program. Here the emphasis is on the famous landing of the "Eagle" on the Moon in July 1969. The pop-ups and foldout page...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
To commemorate the <i>Apollo 11</i> moon landing, Platt and Hawcock describe the history of the U.S. space program, including detai...Log In or Sign Up to Read More