If You Decide to Go to the Moon

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Hardcover
Author: Faith McNulty
Illustrator: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Scholastic
Publish Date: October 2005
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.1
EAN: 9780590483599

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Overview

Two artists at the height of their powers have created a beautiful book with an unforgettable message about the moon and an even more important message about the earth. A publishing event!

“If you decide to go to the moon,” writes Faith McNulty, “read this book first. It will tellyou how to get there and what to do after youland. The most important part tells you how to get home. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing (“don’t forget your diary and plenty of food”) to liftoff (at first you’ll feel heavy; don’t worry”) to traveling thorugh space (where “the moon glows like a pearl in the black, black sky”). The reader lands at the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first lunar landing

Details

Pages: 48
Dimensions: 11.28 x 10.22 x 0.36 in
Lexile Score: 630
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0590483595

Awards

2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2007 Red Clover Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2007 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner (Nonfiction)
2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner (Silver)