The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
10 best books like The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins (Bea Uusma Schyffert): The Undefeated, I Love You, Michael Collins, Look Both Ways, Lifeboat 12, Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, Sweeping Up the Heart, The Moon's First Friends: How the Moon Met the Astronauts from Apollo 11, The Pigeon Has to Go to School, Silvervägen, Vi for upp med mor (Jana Kippo, #2)
| Author | Kwame Alexander |
| ISBN | 1328780961 |
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma...
I Love You, Michael Collins
| Author | Lauren Baratz-Logsted |
| ISBN | 0374303851 |
It’s 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. history: men landing on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie’s class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong ("So cute!") and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin...
From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all they different directions a walk home can take.
This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it...
In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella By Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy’s harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II.
With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for...
| Author | Catherine Thimmesh |
| ISBN | 0618507574 |
Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0062852574 |
A novel about loss, loneliness, and friendship that tells the story of the spring break that changes seventh-grader Amelia Albright's life forever.
Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English...
The Moon's First Friends: How the Moon Met the Astronauts from Apollo 11
| Author | Susanna Leonard Hill |
| ISBN | 1492656801 |
This book teaches kids about history and science, framing the story as a wish for friendship by a lonely moon.
Starting billions of years ago, the story follows the Moon as she watches life on Earth evolve. But until humans come on the scene, she doesn't have much hope of getting to say hello to...
The Pigeon Has to Go to School
I can't believe that I was looking forward to a children's book! But it is about our favourite pigeon .
Det är sommar. Sedan tre år tillbringar Lelle nätterna med att köra bil. Han kör utmed väg 95 som skär genom landet från Skellefteå i nordvästlig riktning förbi Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog och mynnar vid norska gränsen, den väg som kallas Silvervägen. För tre år sedan försvann hans dotter...
Vi for upp med mor (Jana Kippo, #2)
| Author | Karin Smirnoff |
| ISBN | 9177951409 |
Modren har dött och vill begravas i sin hemby Kukkojärvi i norra Norrbotten. Tvillingarna jana och bror ärver hennes föräldrahem och blir snabbt varse att livet i Kukkojärvi är mycket annorlunda. De flesta människor lever enligt strikta religiösa regler där förbuden är många. Den...
