Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon

By Timothy R. Gaffney

Book Overview

It's been many years since Grandpa rocketed to the moon on an Apollo spacecraft, but his grandchild still loves to hear about it. Whenever Grandpa visits, they share a bedtime story in which the two... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0153143002
• ISBN13: 9780153143007
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Harcourt School Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Bedtime trip to the moon

In this new picture book, a little boy fantasizes travelling to the moon with his grandfather, a former astronaut who walked on the moon. When Grandfather visits, Grandson insists he tell him of his journey, and the boy creates of the telling his own trip, beginning with the launchpad in Florida. A basic amount of scientific observation is worked into the tale, and a cross-generational sweetness pervades it all. A good choice for introducing the ideas of space travel and other worlds to preschool and primary students and children. As a children's librarian I have read Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon to several classes, with positive results.