One Giant Leap

One Giant Leap

by Mary Ann Fraser

Starting with Neil Armstrong's famous statement evoked in the title, One Giant Leap is an extremely informative book about the first trip to the moon. One unique aspects Fraser includes is to use all different sources to gather information for this nonfiction information book. She uses colorful paintings, meticulous diagrams, and the actual transcript of the Apollo 11moon mission. The endpaper is made up of blueprint-like diagrams of important aspects of the first space trip to the moon to place the reader in the position of a NASA scientist. Another unique concept incorporated into this book is the use of a countdown clock to show the ground elapsed time from the launch. This is a different way of showing time passing in children's literature and it works very effective. One Giant Leap also has a glossary to define some of the specific terms used throughout the book. Students will enjoy using this book to learn about this interesting topic.

Intended Age 8-12