Book Descriptions
for Armstrong by Torben Kuhlmann
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
Neil Armstrong is known as the first human to land on the moon, but he is not the first being to do so. Kuhlmann's extensive picture book tells the story of a mouse that dared to dream of going to the moon. The story of inventions, trials, and errors is paired with detailed, grand illustrations of a small mouse in a big world with an even bigger dream. The story is followed by a brief historical account of space travel. This book is a part of Kuhlmann's Mouse Adventures series.
This book is a part of Kuhlmann's Mouse Adventures series. 2017 USSBY Outstanding International Books List.
Author/illustrator lives in Germany.
Germany. Originally published in German as Armstrong: Die abenteuerliche Reise einer Maus zum Mond by NordSüd Verlag in 2016. English translation by David Henry Wilson published in the United States by NorthSouth Books in 2016.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
A long time ago a mouse learned to fly . . . and crossed the Atlantic.
But what happened next? Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to the moon and beyond! On the heels of Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse comes Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon—where dreams are determined only by the size of your imagination and the biggest innovators are the smallest of all. The book ends with a brief non-fiction history of human space travel—from Galileo’s observations concerning the nature of the universe to man's first steps on the moon.
But what happened next? Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to the moon and beyond! On the heels of Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse comes Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon—where dreams are determined only by the size of your imagination and the biggest innovators are the smallest of all. The book ends with a brief non-fiction history of human space travel—from Galileo’s observations concerning the nature of the universe to man's first steps on the moon.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.