If You Decide to Go to the Moon

Two artists at the height of their powers have created a beautiful book with an unforgettable message about the moon and an even more important message about the earth. A publishing event!

"If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tellyou how to get there and what to do after youland. The most important part tells you how to get home. Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing ("don't forget your diary and plenty of food") to liftoff (at first you'll feel heavy; don't worry") to traveling thorugh space (where "the moon glows like a pearl in the black, black sky"). The reader lands at the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first lunar landing

Author: Faith McNulty
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 11.28h x 10.22w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780590483599
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 101799 / If You Decide to Go to the Moon


Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Winner
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2005 pg. 605
Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 43
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2005 pg. 979
School Library Journal 10/01/2005 pg. 41
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2005 pg. 148 - Recommended
Booklist 11/01/2005 pg. 41
Publishers Weekly 11/14/2005 pg. 67
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2005 pg. 14
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2005 pg. 47
School Library Journal 12/01/2005 pg. 66
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2006 pg. 16
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 148 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Faith McNulty was born in New York City. She attended private schools, and left college after two years to work for The New York Daily News. Because she has a deep interest in animals and their behavior, she wrote about animals for The New Yorker for twenty years. Many of her experiences as an animal writer are the basis for her current writings for children. Faith also worked as a children's book reviewer for The New Yorker magazine from 1979 to 1991. Currently she lives at her farm in Rhode Island and writes children's books.
Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred books, including IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA? and THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH. He has also retold and illustrated the adventures of tall-tale heroes such as Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and Johnny Appleseed. He lives in Essex, New York.