Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon

author: Torben Kuhlmann
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2016/12/16
date added: 2016/12/16
shelves: children-s
review:
'Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon' by Torben Kuhlmann. At 112 pages, it's a long picture book, but the story and art are sure to captivate young and old readers.

Starting with a great foreword by Valerie Neal, who is curator of human spaceflight at the National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution, we learn that the story we are about to read is a retelling of the first journey to the moon.

Our hero has no name. He is just "the mouse." His curiosity is what fuels his dreams. He tries to talk with his fellow mice about the moon, but all they see are things like a stone or cheese. He is frustrated until he gets an unusual invitation to visit the Smithsonian. He is inspired by what he sees there to be the first mouse on the moon. He learns from humans, and builds everything he needs. But someone is spying on him. Can he make the trip before he is stopped?

This is a follow up to the authors book "Lindbergh: The Tale of the Flying Mouse." The pictures are rich and stunning. They have lots of details. There are paintings of photos and blueprints and the mouse's own inventions. The mouse is furry and cute and I love his intelligence and sense of adventure. I can see how it's a retelling and I applaud the kind of book that might stir a young reader's interest in science or space travel.

I received a review copy of this ebook from North South Books Inc. and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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