Sterling Biographies(r) Neil Armstrong: One Giant Leap for Mankind

by Tara Dixon-Engel, Mike Jackson, Mike Jackson

Book Overview

Neil Armstrong was America's rocket man, the first person to set foot on the moon and turn science fiction into amazing reality. Award-winning authors Tara Dixon-Engel and Mike Jackson tell the fascinating story of how Armstrong went where no one had gone before, leaving his mark on the powdery surface of another world. Even at an age when other boys were just learning to drive, Neil was training to reach the skies. He went on to study aeronautical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140274496X
• ISBN13: 9781402744969
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great for young kids seeking inspiration.

About one of the many, (cream of the crop), great heroes that the pioneering astronauts were, and are!