This beautifully illustrated book which also contains photos of the men who walked on the moon. Apollo 11, July 20 1969 was the first actual step, by Neil Armstrong, on the moon. Placing his book on the moon while holding on to the ladder, he proclaims, "That's one small step for man," and "one giant leap for mankind." I remember watching this on a small black and white tv.

Buzz Aldrin join Neil by bouncing across the surface of the moon. This was the first time rocks and photos were brought back to earth, and an American flag was placed on the moon. Apollo 13 (made into a movie) could only zoom over the far side of the moon, Three astronauts shivered and were dehydrated when an explosion shook the spaceship. Running out of oxygen and power, fortunately, the crew on the ground found a solution to get them home. As more astronauts dared to travel to the moon, using motorized vehicles to travel on the surface to collect objects to return to earth.

Apollo 17 astronauts took the most seen magnificent photo of earth while they were heading to the moon. ( )

The first moonwalk happened fifty years ago. Between 1969 and 1972 a dozen men walked on the moon during NASA Apollo missions.

Read the recently published children's picture book, then learn more at the website:

DARING DOZEN: THE TWELVE WHO WALKED ON THE MOON by Suzanne Slade takes picture book readers chronologically through a dozen Apollo moonwalks. Including both paintings and photographs, the book concludes with background information about each mission.

NASA’s The Apollo Missions website contains information about each mission along with images and videos.

Apollo Missions https://go.nasa.gov/2nedbB6

ARC courtesy of Charlesbridge. ( )