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100 1 a| Slade, Suzannee| author.=| ^A713461;

245 10 a| Countdown :b| 2979 days to the moon /c| written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| Atlanta, Georgia :b| Peachtree Publishers,c| [2018];

300 a| 144 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 29 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

336 a| still imageb| sti2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

520 a| "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." But how can someone soar all the way to the Moon - two hundred and forty-thousand miles through space? America knows the answer to this question: teamwork. Over the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days that follow President Kennedy's speech, eighteen astronauts climb into spaceships; three of them die before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets go into space. And four hundred thousand people - engineers, technicians, mathematicians, scientists, machinists, and more - join Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. -- From dust jacket.;

521 1 a| Ages 8-12.;

521 2 a| Grades 4 to 6.;

521 8 a| 940b| Lexile;

526 0 a| Accelerated Readerb| MGc| 6.4d| 1.0.;

610 20 a| Project Apollo (U.S.)v| Juvenile literature.=| ^A24101;

610 20 a| Project Apollo (U.S.)v| Juvenile poetry.=| ^A24101;

650 0 a| Space flight to the Moonx| Historyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A1019220;

650 0 a| Space flight to the Moonx| Historyv| Juvenile poetry.=| ^A1019220;

650 0 a| Manned space flightv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A1042964;

655 7 a| Historical poetry.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Free verse.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Instructional and educational works.2| lcgft;

700 1 a| Gonzalez, Thomas,d| 1959-e| illustrator.=| ^A1021118;

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Countdown : 2979 days to the moon / written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez.

Author/creator	Slade, Suzanne author.
Other author	Gonzalez, Thomas, 1959- illustrator.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2018]
Copyright Date	©2018
Description	144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects	Project Apollo (U.S.)--Juvenile literature. Project Apollo (U.S.)--Juvenile poetry. Space flight to the Moon--History. --Juvenile literature. Space flight to the Moon--History. --Juvenile poetry. Manned space flight--Juvenile literature. Astronautics--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature.

Contents	A daring dream -- The first mission, Apollo 1 -- The mission continues -- To the sky, Apollo 4-6 -- Risking it all, Apollo 7 -- Aiming for the moon, Apollo 8 -- Spider in space, Apollo 9 -- Dress rehearsal, Apollo 10 -- Achieving the dream, Apollo 11.
Abstract	"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." But how can someone soar all the way to the Moon - two hundred and forty-thousand miles through space? America knows the answer to this question: teamwork. Over the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days that follow President Kennedy's speech, eighteen astronauts climb into spaceships; three of them die before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets go into space. And four hundred thousand people - engineers, technicians, mathematicians, scientists, machinists, and more - join Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. -- From dust jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Interest age level	Ages 8-12.
Interest grade level	Grades 4 to 6.
Audience	940 Lexile
Study program note	Accelerated Reader
Genre/form	Historical poetry.
Genre/form	Free verse.
Genre/form	Instructional and educational works.
LCCN	2017060838
ISBN	9781682630136 hardcover
ISBN	1682630137 hardcover
ISBN	9781643108346 (library binding)
ISBN	1643108344 (library binding)

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