If You Decide to Go to the Moon - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Faith McNulty, Steven KelloggSeries:Rise and ShineAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2005-10-01Pages:48
Languages:EnglishPublisher:ScholasticISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN-10:590483595UPC:9780590483599Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & NatureBook Topic:AstronomyAward:2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) Winner - Silver Award|2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Nonfiction Award|2007 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Picture Book AwardSize:11.28 x 10.22 x 0.36 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SC5MBC1320
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
Languages:EnglishPublisher:ScholasticISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN-10:590483595UPC:9780590483599Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & NatureBook Topic:AstronomyAward:2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) Winner - Silver Award|2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Nonfiction Award|2007 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Picture Book AwardSize:11.28 x 10.22 x 0.36 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SC5MBC1320
Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred books, including IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA? and THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH. He has also retold and illustrated the adventures of tall-tale heroes such as Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and Johnny Appleseed. He lives in Essex, New York.
Faith McNulty was born in New York City. She attended private schools, and left college after two years to work for The New York Daily News. Because she has a deep interest in animals and their behavior, she wrote about animals for The New Yorker for twenty years. Many of her experiences as an animal writer are the basis for her current writings for children. Faith also worked as a children's book reviewer for The New Yorker magazine from 1979 to 1991. Currently she lives at her farm in Rhode Island and writes children's books.
Faith McNulty was born in New York City. She attended private schools, and left college after two years to work for The New York Daily News. Because she has a deep interest in animals and their behavior, she wrote about animals for The New Yorker for twenty years. Many of her experiences as an animal writer are the basis for her current writings for children. Faith also worked as a children's book reviewer for The New Yorker magazine from 1979 to 1991. Currently she lives at her farm in Rhode Island and writes children's books.
Publisher: Scholastic
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🏆 2005 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) Winner - Silver Award|2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - Nonfiction Award|2007 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Book Award|South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award Nominee - Picture Book Award
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