Moon Shot by Brian Floca

This incredibly striking nonfiction picture book takes readers along on the NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the moon... from liftoff to splash down. The moon shines down on Earth, where three men don spacesuits, climb into Columbia, and wait for liftoff. On a nearby beach, people gather to watch the rocket blast the astronauts into space. The astronauts fly to the moon, circle it, land on it, walk on its surface, and see “the good and lonely Earth, glowing in the sky.” After flying back to the orbiter, they return to Earth and splash down, “home at last.” The writing is poetic: “Here below / there are three men / who close themselves / in special clothes, / who—click—lock hands / in heavy gloves, / who—click—lock heads / in large, round helmets.”
The main text is beautifully illustrated with line-and-wash artwork, technological details and some visually stunning scenes. An appended note discusses the mission in greater detail. Beverly - teacher