How We Got to the Moon

With more than 250 gorgeous pages of rigorously researched and elegantly visualized stories of challenges, met and resolved, John Rocco's HOW WE GOT TO THE MOON is a master work befitting one of humanity's most daring and improbable collective achievements.HOW WE GOT TO THE MOON inspires wonder at human ingenuity, science and engineering, while being at its heart a story about people. It beautifully celebrates the sum of the work of individuals—some famous, some unheralded—whom each in their own important way contributed to this mission.As told in the book's opening pages, pioneering German rocket engineer Wernher von Braun was inspired as a child by Jules Verne's fictional novel FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. In turn, this book will surely transmit to its readers* a love of nature, problem-solving and adventure.*My wife and I bought copies for both our young nephews/nieces and for family members who are engineers and doctors. It is a welcome breath of inspiration and optimism in mankind, for all ages, during tough times.

A World Book Day purchase for my grandson, who loves anything to do with Space travel, he loves it. A book he can refer to for many years to come. Would highly recommend,

Buy it, anyone (5+) interested in space exploration will enjoy it, even adults. Both my kids and I can’t put it down. Great price as well!

Ordered as gift for a ten year old who loves planes, flying and space. He loves the book, read it cover to cover and made a verbal presentation to his 5th grade class based on what he learned. The illustrations are beautiful, and the text taking the reader through the space program and successful landing from the point of view of so many different types of contributors is a wonderful view for the reader to learn about. Beautiful book, adults love paging through it, also.

NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book 2021REMARKABLE for the detailed illustrations and depth of content.In the author's note, Rocco writes about how he set out to research and then explain every single part of the Apollo/Saturn machine. While readers learns about common NASA topics like "space food," they also learn about thousands of other pieces of equipment (and the people who created them) needed for this endeavor (e.g., F-1 engines, inertial platform, main control panels) and how this equipment works. These details are embedded in a larger narrative of how NASA got men to the moon.Rocco created every illustration from scratch so that he could make the concepts more accessible to students. This is especially apparent in his diagrams explaining how components like the F-1 engine work.Not a picture book you can read aloud to students. Definitely a reference book that your students will want to return to again and again. As a science teacher, this could be helpful in making connections between NGSS and real world applications, too.