Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Countdown
by Suzanne Slade
Illustrator: Thomas Gonzalez
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Peachtree
ISBN: 978-1-68263-013-6
Keywords: Space Travel, Moon
Space travel, a dream of President Kennedy, becomes a reality when the United States lands a man on the moon. Told in blank verse with photographs, bibliography, and citations.