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Summary: Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program--putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2005

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FRO

Summary: Between 1968 and 1972, the world watched in awe each time an American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon. Only 12 American men have walked upon its surface and they remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. Now for the first time, a combination of archival material from the original NASA film footage, much of it never before seen and interviews with the surviving astronauts tells...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm 2008

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF IN

Gall, Chris

Summary: Released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, this nonfiction picture book offers a step-by-step explanation of how the Apollo 11 spacecraft worked, as told by a young enthusiast. Includes glossary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAL

Irvine, Alexander (Alexander C.)

Summary: This graphic retelling of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission follows astronaut Michael Collins, commander of the lunar orbiter, to the far side of the moon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

Cole, Michael D.

Summary: A detailed account of the terrifying journey and danger involved in the near fatal mission to the Moon-- the Apollo 13-- on April 13, 1970. Describes how teamwork helped the astronauts avoid a tragedy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1995

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.454 COL

Brouwer, Sigmund

Summary: A narrative told from the astronauts' points of view describes the story behind Apollo 11's moon landing, linking the innovations and discoveries from the past four centuries that made the mission possible.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 BRO

Suen, Anastasia.

Summary: Describes in illustrations and simple text the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, culminating in man's first lunar landing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.454 SUE

McDonald, Jill (Jill McDonald-Gomez)

Summary: Introduces the first Moon landing, describing how engineers, mathematicians, and astronauts worked together to send Apollo 11 into space.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019

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Young, Judy

Summary: As the Apollo 11 mission draws to a close there is a crisis at the tracking station on Guam: the antenna that will track the spacecraft during reentry, and allow mission control to communicate with the astronauts is stuck--and ten-year-old Marty is the only one small enough to reach in and grease the ball bearings that allow the antenna to move.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOU

McReynolds, Linda.

Summary: Depicts the 1969 Apollo 11 mission when man first walked on the moon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 MCR

Simon, Seymour

Summary: Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with the story of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, including insights about what makes the Moon so fascinating to humankind.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 SIM

Floca, Brian.

Summary: Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2009

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.454 FLO

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space Floca

Thimmesh, Catherine.

Summary: Culled from direct quotes from the people behind the scenes, NASA transcripts, national archives and NASA photos, the whole story of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing emerges.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.454 THI

Summary: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing! When Jet reveals he's built a brand-new super saucer, the friends head to the moon to test it out! But after a rough landing, Jet and Sunspot go missing and it's up to the rest of the gang to find them. Watch as the friends search for Jet and Sunspot and discover the many exciting things the Apollo 11 astronauts left on the moon!...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV REA

Jazynka, Kitson

Summary: "Biography of Buzz Aldrin for beginner readers"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE JAZ

Maurer, Richard

Summary: Presents a clear narrative on how the United States won the space race against Russia by landing a man on the Moon in 1969.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 MAU

Graham, Ian

Summary: Describes what it was like to be an astronaut on the "unlucky" 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2003

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set You Wouldn't 629.25 Graham

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