**CHAPTER 10JUVENILE LITERATURE**

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Alexander, Thomas W. *Project Apollo: Man to the Moon*. Witha Foreword by Sir Bernard Lovell. Illus. by Tom Turner. New York:Harper & Row, 1964. This book describes the early historyof Apollo for high school level students.

Barrett, Norman S. *The Moon*. New York: Franklin Watts,1985. This short picture book for juveniles offers a descriptionof the Moon's physical characteristics as they emerged from dataprovided by the Apollo missions.

Bay, Timothy. *First to the Moon*. New York: CPI Group, 1993.A discussion for younger readers of the first flight to the Moon,the significance of the space program, and the successes and tragediesthat have occurred in space.

Becklake, John. *Man and the Moon*. Morristown, NJ: SilverBurdett Co., 1981. Also published in Spanish as *El Hombre yla Luna*. Translated by Victor Pozanco. Barcelona, Spain: EditorialJuventud, 1987. A discussion for juveniles of the Moon's physicalmakeup, its orbit, and of humankind's fascination with this heavenlybody. Includes information on Project Apollo but is not devotedexclusively to that topic.

Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. *Man in Space to the Moon*.New York: Crowell, 1970. A juvenile history written for grades5-8.

Charleston, Gordon. *Armstrong Lands on the Moon*. New York:Dillon Press, 1994. A still forthcoming account for a juvenileaudience by the author of *Perry Reaches the North Pole*.

Chester, Michael. *Let's Go to the Moon*. New York: Putnam,[1974], revised edition. This little book for children picturesthe reader as the captain of a spaceship to the Moon. A Moon roveron the surface collects samples. Then the story carries the readerback to the orbiting spaceship and thence to Earth.

Collins, Jim. *First to the Moon*. New York: C.P.I., 1978.Not just about Apollo, this book for juveniles covers numerousfirsts in space exploration. Also included is a chapter on theMoon's influence on writers from Shakespeare to Al Capp.

Coombs, Charles I. *Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon*.New York: Morrow, 1965. A 96-page illustrated history writtenfor juveniles in grades 5-9.

Darling, David J. *The Moon: A Spaceflight Away*. Minneapolis,MN: Dillon Press, 1984. This book for juveniles discusses theevolution of knowledge about the Moon beginning with the inventionof the telescope and carrying the story forward through the Apollomissions and what they revealed.

Donnelly, Judy. *Moonwalk: The Story of the First Trip to theMoon*. New York: Random House, 1989. This book for youngsterscovers the preparations and activities that culminated in theinitial lunar landing of Apollo 11 in July 1969.

Dwiggins, Don. *Eagle Has Landed: The Story of Lunar Exploration*.San Carlos, CA: Golden Gate Junior Books, 1970. This 80-page volumefor youngsters covers the history of lunar science, the firstlanding on the Moon, and future possibilities for lunar studies.

Fradin, Dennis B. *Moon Flights*. Chicago: Childrens Press,1985. This book for juveniles discusses the first landing on theMoon and the later Apollo missions. It then assesses their importancefor our exploration of space.

Fraser, Mary Ann. *One Giant Leap*. New York: Henry Holt,1993. Another book for juveniles that provides a blow-by-blowdiscussion of the first flight to the Moon, leading to Neil Armstrong'sfamous statement evoked in the title.

______. *The True Book of the Moonwalk Adventure*. Chicago:Childrens Press, 1970. A 46-page illustrated book written forgrades 1-4.

Fuchs, Erich. *Journey to the Moon*. New York: DelacortePress, 1969. This is a children's history of Project Apollo fromits inception until the completion of the Apollo 11 mission. Itis heavily illustrated and has a spare text. It is designed for4-7 year olds, and uses double-page, full-color illustrations.This is the American edition of an English translation of *HierApollo 11*. Mnchen: Ellermann, 1969. The English editionis entitled *Moonwalk: the Story of Apollo 11*. London: Abelard-Schuman,[1969].

Furniss, Tim. *The First Men on the Moon*. New York: BookwrightPress, 1989. This little book for juveniles covers the developmentof the Apollo spacecraft that carried humans to the Moon in 1969.

Gold, Susan Dudley. *Countdown to the Moon*. New York: CrestwoodHouse, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. This juvenile bookdiscusses the origins, development, and achievement of America'sgoal to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth.

Gurney, Gene. *Americans to the Moon: The Story of Project Apollo*.New York: Random House, 1970. This is a 147-page "LandmarkGiant" book for grades 5-9.

Haggerty, James J. *Apollo: Lunar Landing*. Chicago: RandMacNally, 1969. This is a children's story of the Apollo flights.It has been illustrated with striking Apollo photographs, manyof them in color.

Hendrickson, Walter B. *Apollo 11: Men to the Moon*. Irvington-on-Hudson,NY: Harvey House, 1970. A 46-page illustrated history writtenfor grades 2-5, this little book provides a description of thelunar landing site and discusses flight preparation and the actualvoyage to the Moon on Apollo 11 spacecraft.

Hill, Robert White. *What the Moon Astronauts Do*. New York:John Day Co., 1971. This short, 64-page, heavily-illustrated bookis written for grades 3 and up.

Holder, William G. *Saturn V: The Moon Rocket*. New York:J. Messner, 1970. This 192-page book for juveniles discusses thedesign, development, and testing of the Saturn V launch vehiclethat boosted the various Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.

Kennedy, Gregory P. *Apollo to the Moon*. New York: ChelseaHouse Publishers, 1992. Introduction by Michael Collins. Ratherlonger than most juvenile books, this one provides a fairly detailedoverview of Project Apollo.

*Man in Space*. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. This pieceof juvenile literature provides brief coverage of the Mercury,Gemini, and Apollo programs with diagrams illustrating flightsand equipment.

Martin, Bill, Jr. *The Eagle has Landed*. Paintings by FrankAloise. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. A Bill Martininstant reader containing a chronological account of the Apollo11 trip to and from the Moon written for a juvenile audience.

Muirden, James. *Going to the Moon*. New York: Random House,1987. This child's book for ages 4-6 discusses in simple termsthe Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.

Paige, David. *Moving a Rocket, a Sub, and London Bridge*.Chicago: Childrens Press, 1981. This 42-page book for childrendiscusses the procedures and special equipment used for movingthe London Bridge, a German submarine from World War II, and theSaturn rocket.

Richey, B.J. *Apollo Astronauts: First Men to the Moon*.Huntsville, AL: Strode Publishers, 1970. More sophisticated thanmost juvenile literature, this 144-page, illustrated book waswritten for high school level students. It covers Apollo 8 throughApollo 11 and includes biographies of the astronauts.

Simon, Tony. *The Moon Explorers*. New York: Four Winds Press,1970. A simple book for grades 3-7.

Stein, R. Conrad. *Apollo 11*. Chicago: Childrens Press,1992. This recent addition to juvenile literature discusses thewhole series of Apollo spaceflights but puts special emphasison Apollo 11 since it achieved the first lunar landing.

Vogt, Gregory. *Apollo and the Moon Landing*. Brookfield,CT: Millbrook Press, c. 1991. This juvenile book covers the fullhistory of the Apollo program. Complete with bibliography andindex.

*We Came in Peace*. San Rafael, CA: Classic Press, 1969.This piece of juvenile literature goes over the history of spaceexploration, summarizes the trips to the Moon during Apollo todate, and then discusses the possible future of spaceflight.

Westman, Paul. *Neil Armstrong, Space Pioneer*. Minneapolis,MN: Lerner Pub. Co., 1980. A biography for juveniles of the firsthuman to set foot on the lunar surface.

Wheat, Janis Knudsen,. *Let's Go to the Moon*. Washington:National Geographic Society, 1977. Another juvenile book, thisone highlighting the Apollo 17 mission.

Worden, Alfred Merrill. *I Want to Know about a Flight to theMoon*. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. This juvenile bookby an Apollo 15 astronaut describes his becoming an astronaut,his training, and the mission on which he flew.

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