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 GALBrouwer, 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 BROGraham, 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 GrahamSuen, 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 SUEMcReynolds, 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 MCRSimon, 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 SIMJazynka, 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 JAZMaurer, 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 MAUFloca, 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 FLOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space FlocaKurson, Robert
Summary: Shares the inside story of the dangerous Apollo 8 mission, focusing on the lives of astronaut heroes Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, while illuminating the political factors that prompted the decision to risk lives to save the Apollo program and define the space race.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 629 KURCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.45 KURThimmesh, 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 THIMcDonald, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A film that seamlessly blends mission audio from Apollo 11's historic journey featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive, and stunning CGI to recreate the first moon landing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV EIGSummary: A chronicle on mankind's journey to the moon, using no narration, only the voices of the astronauts and mission control. Music by Brian Eno. Special edition features include: Audio commentary featuring Reinert and Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan and a collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FORSummary: From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC APOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE APORocco, John
Summary: "This beautifully illustrated, oversized guide to the people and technology of the moon landing by award-winning author/illustrator John Rocco is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2020