Countdown
2979 Days to the Moon
by Suzanne Slade
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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Jan 10 2019
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Description
An inspiring testament to American grit, teamwork, and ingenuity, Countdown presents exhilarating, informative, and accessible free verse by award-winning author Suzanne Slade paired with historic photographs and detailed illustrations by New York Times best-selling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez.
Together, they capture the gripping historic story of NASA's twentieth century efforts to conquer a new space frontier.
Through triumph and tragedy, success and failure, an entire nation is glued to the high-stakes, 2,979-day mission as eighteen astronauts climb into spacecraft; three men die before even leaving the ground; eight rockets soar into space; and four hundred thousand people―engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists―join Project Apollo in pursuit of making a dream a reality.
Advance Praise
"A grand--if, so many years later, nostalgic--tale about a magnificent effort. A handsomely packaged look back at an epochal achievement." - Kirkus Reviews
"A grand--if, so many years later, nostalgic--tale about a magnificent effort. A handsomely packaged look back at an epochal achievement." - Kirkus Reviews
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781682630136 |
| PRICE | $22.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 494443
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.
