"This wonderful book retells our story vividly. I should know; I was there."
— Buzz Aldrin
Trace the history of people's fascination with the moon — and the scientific developments that led to a ground-breaking mission — in an out-of-this-world novelty book marking the first moon landing. Acclaimed author Richard Platt focuses on humankind's dreams of traveling to the moon, the race to conquer space, the technology needed to reach the moon and sustain the astronauts in space, and the moon landing itself. Re-creating the excitement of the expedition are extraordinary pop-ups depicting a rocket, the lunar module, a spaceship, and a spectacular spherical moon, while booklets and flaps offer readers a wealth of intriguing facts.
* Published in anticipation of the fortieth anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969
* Features official NASA photographs, two mini-books, and fun informational flaps |
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 Pop Up Book is Poppin' Good!!! |
| Review Date: September 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Paul M. Feinberg, North Plainfield, NJ |
| This book gives the enthralling story of Apollo 11 in a clever, well-executed, and colorful format! Beginning with the Mercury Redstone Freedom 7 flight of Alan Shepherd, the book chronicles America's fantastic race to the Moon throughout the 1960's. The book is full of gorgeous photographs, drawings, and technical information on the various aspects of space exploration, including some of the various instrumentation. This is a great book especially geared for young people (probably K-6) who enjoy creative formats, however most adults would appreciate its concise, but wonderfully complete, glimpse of the history of Apollo 11 and what went into that mission. I bought my copy just because it so uniquely and extraordinarily presented the encapsulated history of this amazing mission. The final pop up in the book is a fun, colorful, and ambitious image of the Lunar Module "Eagle" and the two astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren, landed on the Moon surface. Once the pop up is opened, it must be about 10 inches in height! I dare say that most of my college students could benefit from reading the facts presented in the book as they are no longer common knowledge. If mankind continues to push out into space to study, understand, and hopefully benefit from our knowledge of the Universe, then it makes sense that we never forget our amazing history and the many Blessings of the astoundingly successful NASA missions of our nation's past! |
Moon Landing: Apollo 11 40th. Aniversary Pop-Up
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| Review Date: September 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mr. W. J. Hodgson, Adelaide, South Australia |
| This is a pop-up book to treasure well into the future. Superbly illustrated, with amazing paper engineered pop-ups that tell the story of Apollo 11. Even the Moon receives a special treatment, coming to life, before your very eyes! The book itself is well manufactured and will stand the test of time. A real joy for any space cadet. |
my 4 yr old loves it
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| Review Date: February 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Seeman, |
| My 4 yr old is really into 'space stuff' and we saw this at barnes & nobles but it seemed so expensive. I checked amazon while at the store and it was a much better price. He of course likes the 'pop up' element but it's also very educational. |
Gorgeous, informative, interactive and educational pop-up book
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| Review Date: April 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: z hayes, TX |
My family and I recently visited the Houston Space Center and our 5-year-old daughter has expressed a keen interest in the subject of space exploration. I got this book as a means of making the complex concepts associated with space exploration a bit more accessible, and given that she is a visual learner, felt the pop-ups would serve as a high-motivating factor.
The book itself is well-designed with lots of fun features that provide details about rockets, mission planning, space suits, moon landing, the life inside a space capsule, and many more. The book begins with a brief overview of how space travel came to be, with mention of Project Mercury and the first pop-up is the launching of the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule. There is also a tiny booklet which contains photographs of all the Apollo missions' crew members. The next pop-up is of the Gemini 4 capsule with a side fold-out of the Saturn 5 rocket. This is followed by details regarding the moon missions with a pop-up of the moon, the lunar module adapter, and command service module, and important facts covering the early missions. The next pop-up was the most fascinating for my 5-year-old - that of an astronaut in his space suit with details about the function of each part of the suit. There are also some interesting tidbits about waste management aboard the capsules which elicited giggles from my daughter! The final pop-up is of the Eagle landing on the Moon (quite wonderfully done might I add) with details about that historic event.
This is a wonderful book for any child (and adult) that loves all things to do with space exploration. The pop-ups are well-done and the details are sufficient to satisfy basic curiosity whilst kindling interest to know more. Highly recommended! |
Terrific book-- great gift
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| Review Date: January 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. M. Lecture, Hudson, MA, USa |
| Our grandson loves this book! He is very interested in space so this is a wonderful book for him. No doubt that others will enjoy it also. |
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