Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Moon's First Friends
Moon's First Friends: One Giant Leap for Friendship | Susanna Leonard Hill
2 posts | 2 read | 6 to read
A heartwarming story about a friendship-seeking moon that also commemorates the extraordinary 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission! Now a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller! From high up in the sky, the Moon has spent her whole life watching Earth and hoping for someone to visit. Dinosaurs roam, pyramids are built, and boats are made, but still no one comes. The Moon can't help but wonder...will friends ever come visit her? Until one day a spaceship soars from Earth...and so does her heart. Learn about the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon through this heartwarming story about friendship! Filled with adorable illustrations and charming text, this moon book for kids is a must-have for parents and teachers alike searching for new preschool solar system books and astronaut books for toddlers. Why readers love Moon's First Friends: An educational and heartwarming story about the first moon landing told from the unique perspective of the Moon itself! Educational back matter includes out-of-this world facts about the moon, space flight, and the individuals who made the mission possible A scannable QR code allows readers to listen to the exciting countdown to Apollo 11's liftoff
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
acassatta
post image
Pickpick

Moon‘s First Friends!🌚 This SF, RA book is a perfect science option for primary grades. The book is a fictional story about the moon and her desperation for visitors! Throughout the book, we learn about various historical scientific events, the main one being the first landing on the moon. The story puts everything in simpler terms for children.

acassatta The ESOL strategy used in the classroom for this story would be #50 which deals with content comprehension since we are learning about some factual information. The UDL principle 3.1, activating background knowledge, would work well with this book because of the science included that some students may know about to a degree. #ucflae3414sp21 (edited) 4y
OliviaBuck I love how this can teach science but is also fiction, I feel this is a great option for students who don‘t like nonfiction, but they can still learn something from this! 4y
PatriciaS I love the cover and from your review 🙂 sounds great I will be adding it to my book list 🙂. Thank you for your great review 👍 4y
acassatta This website includes fun science experiments for students to perform in celebration of the moon landing that occurred just over 50 years ago! https://blog.csiro.au/space-rocks-six-science-experiments-to-celebrate-the-moon-... 4y
DrSpalding Sad but true I just saw that Michael Collins one of the astronauts that went to the moon in 1969, passed away today. The tribute to him was very touching! While this book is fictitious it is a valuable book for teaching science content. I could see this being paired with a nonfiction text about the lunar landing. 4y
6 likes4 stack adds5 comments
review
Kcompton2912
post image
Pickpick

This adorable SF picture book tells the tale in the moon‘s perspective. Moon wants to have visitors but has to wait a very long time till Apollo 11. The moon watches the humans on earth as they invent was to travel but still not visit the moon. This book has a lot of knowledge about space exploration, scientists, and inventors of of planet. This book would be great as a storytelling to share with students how we made it to the moon.

Kcompton2912 Using the QR code found in the book, you will get a link to a wonderful resource of the recording of the countdown to Apollo 11‘s liftoff! https://www.nasa.gov/62282main_countdown_launch.wav The UDL principle 7.2, optimize relevance value and authenticity, and the ELL strategy 21, record your lectures presentations or stories on auditotape especially for new students who have very limited exposure to English, can be met with this book. 5y
jmartucci This looks so cute! Including the use of a QR code is a great way to merge technology into the classroom! 5y
fquadri This seems like a very unique book. Loved how you incorporated the QR code. Great way to engage students. Thanks for sharing! 5y
DrSpalding Your resource is of the highest quality! Great idea to utilize the technology in the book. Being that we just celebrated the 50th anniversary, this is an excellent choice! 5y
3 likes5 comments