'Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon' by Suzanne Slade with illustrations by Thomas Gonzalez is the story of the Apollo missions leading to landing on the moon.

Told with beautiful illustrations and a free form poetry style. The result is beautiful and moving. After each mission, photos and short biographies of each astronaut crew are given.

This was a really nice read and I liked the art and free form verse very much.

Countdown

2979 Days to the Moon

by Suzanne Slade, Illus. by Thomas Gonzalez

Space lovers, unite!
Commence Countdown!
I bet you've never seen a countdown quite like this. Author Suzanne Slade takes readers through America's space program as it races to the moon. Her words, paired with Thomas Gonzalez's remarkable illustrations, make the early NASA experience accessible to readers of any age. Accomplishments, failures, wonder, and pride, as well as moments of both joy and grief, are all retold in a narrative, poetic free-verse, serving well to let the story speak for itself.

Whether adding this book to a school or library shelf, considering this title as part of a homeschool science focus, or purchasing this for a science-curious grandchild, Countdown will be a book cherished by all that read it.

As our history continues to expand, as we grow further and further away from that which once was, it is so very vital for all to remember our past, for children to be taught from whence we came. Who knows what the future holds? President Kennedy certainly did not when he spoke those infamous words of challenge and promise to the American people, words that would one day get us to the moon.

Countdown is sure to summon awe in children unfamiliar with NASA's history and bring pangs of remembrance for those older readers who lived through these days. This book connects multiple generations with a string of events that was not only a proud national feat for America but a proud feat for mankind.