Rocket to the Moon!
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Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of rocket building in the first book of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong said those iconic words when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn’t just one man who got us to the moon–there was a whole team of people, plus centuries of discoveries and technologies that came before, that made it possible. From ancient Chinese rockets to the first steps on the moon, Rocket to the Moon! reveals which “bombs bursting in air” inspired the writer of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” why the Russians wanted to launch a dog into Earth’s atmosphere, and how exactly astronauts are able to go to the bathroom while in a rocket far off in space! Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true. Also available: Machines That Think!
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Don Brown is the author and illustrator of more than two dozen books for young readers, including Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Houghton Miffl in Harcourt), an Orbis Pictus Award winner and a Sibert Honor book. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and expressive watercolor painti ngs that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. He lives in upstate New York.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781419734045
- Publication Date
- March 5, 2019
- Publisher
- Abrams Fanfare
- Original Publication Date
- March 5, 2019
- Page Count
- 136
- Word Count
- 6202
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2018022209
- Lexile® Level
- GN940L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~V
- ATOS® Book Level
- 6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 1
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 501747
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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