Space Boy

by Leo Landry

Book Overview

Children can escape to the moon with Nicholas in this delightful picture book.This world, decides Nicholas, is too noisy for him. Time to take a trip. He packs a snack, puts on his suit, and takes off...to the utterly quiet craters and vast deserts of the distant moon. In this utterly charming picture book, the allure of space travel and the longing for peace and quiet entice a young boy to take his space rocket to the moon for picnic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618605681
• ISBN13: 9780618605682
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.7" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Delightful Story

Ideal for ages 3 and up. Illustrations are perfect and the escape from home is the modern version of the knapsack on the back runaway. It all ends beautifully, and your child has had a wonderful imaginary ride.

A thoughtful and funny bedtime story

This is a whimsical and gentle story illustrated with simple, childlike drawings. A thoughtful and funny bedtime story from a child's point of view, true to every little kid's way of thinking. I love how it so matter-of-factly moves between Nicolas' reality and his imagination. Or maybe it's all real? :)

Sweet and fun

My 6 year old son is really into astronauts and space and loves this book. It is a perfect bedtime story about a little boy who has to go to bed but it is too noisy in his house so he gets in his rocket and takes off for the moon for a little peace and quiet. He has a picnic while there and by the time he returns it is all quiet in his house and he is ready to go to bed. It is a sweet, nice book with wonderful illustrations. I highly recommend this book for anyone with a little boy with an imagination and thinks it would be cool to go to the moon.

No four-year-old is an island

A cute story about a little boy who finds himself irritated by all the noise at home when he's trying to go to sleep. He zooms off to the moon to get away from the bog barking, the baby crying, the beeping cars and whatnot. The moon is quiet, but lonely, so he zooms back again, just in time to say goodnight to his parents. The fantasy element is nice, with the same sort of surrealistic silliness as Crockett Johnson's classic "Purple Crayon" books, although the story somehow isn't as satisfying as it might have been. Worth checking out, especially if you have a future astronaut in your house. (ReadThatAgain!)