About this title: "If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tellyou how to get there and what to do after youland. The most important part tells you how to get home. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing ("don't forget your diary and plenty ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: Good. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THIS BOOK. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: Kellogg, Steven. Very Good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Fair. 0590483595 EX LIB. BOOK-ALL THE LIBRARY MARKS STICKERS ETC PLUS MUCH WEAR TO THIS BOOK-FOLDED PAGES-DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED-DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: Kellogg, Steven. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 48 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
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Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: Good. This is a used book in good condition with normal wear and tear and may contain some writing, minor shelf wear and creases. Items are uploaded via ISBN and stock photo may be different from actual book cover. read more
Edition: Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Book Serv., Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 11 " NOT a remainder or an ex library book. Picture cover book has bump on front bottom corner. Clean interior pages with color illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC BK SERVICES
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780590483599ISBN:0590483595
Description: New. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing to lift-off to traveling through space, ultimately landing at the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first lunar landing. Full color. read more
"This was a great introduction to traveling to the moon for my daughter's preschool class. I really liked how it put the child right in the astronaut's seat - drawing on their imagination, but also giving them a lot of facts. Great combination. The illustrations were beautiful and comptelely engaging."
Not sure if someone's mentioned this or not, but when I read "If You Decide to Go to the Moon," I could not help comparing it to Meghan McCarthy's "Astronaut Handbook" (June 2008), which I read previously. I will say that with all of the far-away pictures of the moon done by Kellogg, I felt like I could reach out and touch it. It was like being on a clear night and the moon not seeming that far away... Kellogg was able to reproduce that emotion in me.
However, McNulty's text pales in comparison to McCarthy's. I do not have issue with the idea of children going to outer space as both of these authors have done with their subject. The problem seems to be something about McNulty's use of "you" and the imagined trip "you" would take. Now that I'm thinking about it again, it's not even the fact that she uses "you" that bothers me. It's something about her tone that doesn't work for me. Take for example, "but you'll bounce very lightly and find it a lot of fun." Or, "you are suddenly terribly homesick." I'm okay with McNulty telling me that I'll burn up in the sunlit part of the moon if I didn't have a spacesuit on (athough she fails to mention the lack of oxygen might also be an issue), but I don't want her telling me how I'm going to feel or what I'll find fun.
It seems that McNulty is trying to create a sense of intimacy with the reader, to allow some vicarious living in order to make the topic "come alive." But in doing so, in the way in which she tries to do it, it backfires for me and I'm turned off. I want the details, the facts, the goods--not the warm-and-fuzzies.
McCarthy also uses second-person in "The Astronaut's Handbook" to tell her story, but she doesn't tell me how to feel. Her illustrations are labeled and she explains some of the quirkier aspects of space travel (bread, using the bathroom, etc.). I don't feel like I'm being talked down to. Also, the rocket is not in my backyard. McCarthy speaks to the serious preparation astronauts take in order to travel in space. It's nice to imagine one's self taking a trip to space, but at least she gives us the courtesy to tell us what you actually need to do."
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