by Janie Havemeyer (Author), Cesar Samaniego (Illustrator)
Blast off into space with Neil Armstrong! In this title, early fluent readers travel back in time to follow astronaut Neil Armstrong as he and the Apollo 11 crew travel to the Moon. Read along as Neil becomes the first person to step foot on and explore the Moon. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive and educational reading experience. Children can learn more about Neil Armstrong using Fact Surfer, our safe online search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. This book also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a glossary, an index, a table of contents, a timeline of Neil Armstrong's life, and a graphic showing the path Neil's spacecraft took to the Moon and back to Earth. Grasshopper Books offers simple, fun narrative nonfiction for emerging readers. Neil Armstrong Lands on the Moon is part of Jump!'s Adventurers in History series.