A program of the Children's Services department of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Please join our discussion of this year's best informational books for children.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
Among all the moon-landing books out there, this one stands out because of its personal touches: artwork and extended captions by Alan Bean and lots of "inside" info that the author collected through interviews with the astronauts and others.
The book is very well organized, with just enough information about each of the Apollo missions and plenty of interesting "extras" (diagrams, maps, photos, notes, etc.).
We're excited about all the new informational books for kids that will be published in 2011 and we look foward to highlighting some of the best here. We hope you'll join the discussion by leaving comments on the titles we post. If you'd like to suggest a title for our list, simply leave a comment or send us an email.
In January of 2012, we'll get together in person to talk about our favorites and vote for our Mock Sibert Award winners. Watch for details to be published later this year.
Children's librarians at the Allen County Public Library sometimes receive Advance Reading Copies and other free books from a variety of publishers. After reading, some of these books find their way onto this blog before being added to the permanent Library collection or given as gifts to the participants in our book programs.
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
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Among all the moon-landing books out there, this one stands out because of its personal touches: artwork and extended captions by Alan Bean and lots of "inside" info that the author collected through interviews with the astronauts and others.
The book is very well organized, with just enough information about each of the Apollo missions and plenty of interesting "extras" (diagrams, maps, photos, notes, etc.).
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