Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
{{short description|Book by Brian Floca}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
| image = Moonshot The Flight Of Apollo 11.jpg
| caption = Front cover, designed by Brian Floca
| author = Brian Floca
| illustrator = Brian Floca
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Non-fiction, astronautics, U.S. history
| genre = Children's literature, picture book
| published = 2009 (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 48 (unpaginated)
| isbn = 9780688159320
| oclc = 39051276
}}
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 is a 2009 children's picturebook by Brian Floca about the Apollo 11 spaceflight to the Moon. It was published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Reception
Common Sense Media, in a review of Moonshot, wrote "Author-illustrator Brian Floca combines gripping narrative with a wealth of detail to deliver a beautifully poetic treatment of Apollo 11." and "This would be a treat to read with adults who remember Apollo 11."{{cite web |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/moonshot-the-flight-of-apollo-11 |title=Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 |author=Darienne Stewart |website=www.commonsensemedia.org |publisher=Common Sense Media Inc |accessdate=January 13, 2017}} School Library Journal called it "stirring account" and The Horn Book Magazine wrote "Floca distills all of his gathered knowledge into a concise text, selecting the exact details to transform science into relatable experience".
Moonshot has also been reviewed by Library Media Connection magazine, BookPage,{{cite web |url=https://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=9781416950462&UPC=9781416950462&position=1 |title=Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11: Reviews |website=catalog.wccls.org |accessdate=January 13, 2017}} Booklist,{{cite book |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/90487082_the_ugly_duckling |title=Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11: From the critics |quote=(starred review) A handsome, intelligent book with a jacket that s well-nigh irresistible. |website=kcls.bibliocommons.com |year=1999 |publisher=Morrow Junior Books |accessdate=January 13, 2017}} the National Space Society,{{cite web |url=http://www.nss.org/resources/books/children/CB_028_moonshot.html |title=Book Review: Moonshot |author=Marianne Dyson |quote=The text is just plain fantastic, and the art, breathtaking.|date=2009 |website=nss.org |publisher=National Space Society |accessdate=January 13, 2017}} Kirkus Reviews,{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brian-floca/moonshot/ |title=Moonshot (starred review) |date=March 15, 2009 |quote=A dizzying, masterful command of visual pacing combines with an acute sense of verbal rhythms |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=January 13, 2017}} Publishers Weekly{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4169-5046-2 |title=Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 |quote=A stirring depiction of a momentous event. |date=May 4, 2009 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=January 13, 2017}}
Awards
Moonshot has received numerous awards including:
- 2009 Horn Book Fanfare Book - Nonfiction{{cite web |url= http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/choosing-books/horn-book-fanfare-1938-to-present/#_ |title= Horn Book Fanfare 1938 to present |date= December 5, 2012 |website= hbook.com |publisher= Media Source |accessdate= January 13, 2017}}
- 2010 Children's Choice Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year - finalist{{cite web |url= http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists/2010-winners/ |title= 2010 Winners and Finalists |publisher= Children's Book Council |accessdate= January 13, 2017}}
- 2010 ALA Notable Children's Book - All Ages{{cite web |url= http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb/ncbpastlists/2010ncblist |title= 2010 Notable Children's Books: All Ages |date= 30 November 1999 |publisher= American Library Association |accessdate= January 13, 2017}}
- 2010 Robert F. Sibert Medal - Honor{{cite web |url= http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast |title= Robert F. Sibert Medal and Honor Books, 2001-present: 2010 |date= 30 November 1999 |publisher= American Library Association |accessdate= January 13, 2017}}
- 2010 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award - winner (joint){{cite web |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/center-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/awards/award-winners/ |title=List of Winners: Children's Book Committee award winners from 1943-2016. |website=bankstreet.edu |publisher=Bank Street College of Education |accessdate=January 13, 2017}}
References
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Category:2009 children's books
Category:American picture books
Category:Children's history books
Category:American history books
Category:Children's books set on the Moon
Category:Children's history books about the United States