Reaching for the Moon
Buzz Aldrin, , illus. by Wendell Minor. . HarperCollins, $15.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-06-055445-3
Aldrin and illustrator Minor (one of six American artists selected to cover the launch of the space shuttle
Aldrin shapes nearly each page into a kind of brief chapter, instantly pulling readers into his easygoing, articulate narrative. For instance, he recalls how, on summer nights during his childhood, "the Moon hung low in the sky, so close to our house that I thought I could reach out and touch the soft white light. I never imagined that one day I would walk on its surface. But maybe it was meant to be. You see, before she was married, my mother's last name was Moon." In another neat coincidence, Aldrin's pilot father took the two-year-old on his first flight in a plane painted to look like an eagle; and, in a craft named
After recapping earlier events in his life, the author recaptures the thrill of the
Reviewed on: 05/30/2005
Genre: Children's
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