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If you decide to go to the moon

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If You Decide to Go to the Moon

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

McNulty,Faith; Kellogg,Steven, ill

Source:

Scholastic, Volume 1st, New York (2005)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr TL799 .M6 M34 2005

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6757099

Keywords:

Boston Globe--Horn Book Award, 2006, Imaginary--Juvenile literature, Moon--Surface, Moon--Surface--Juvenile literature, Space flight to the moon, Space flight to the moon--Juvenile literature, Voyages

Abstract:

Summary: "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

Notes:

Lexile measure 690; Ages 4-10; Grade level 2.7; Nonfiction