![]() ![]() ![]() (And I hope to at some point see it happen again.) And I thought Baratz-Logsted did a good job showing all the different types of feelings towards the moon landing and space program. ![]() I cannot even imagine witnessing it happening! What an amazing feat it was and completely unimaginable. Review : There is so much I really enjoyed about this book!įirst, I adored looking into the experience of the moon landing. I Love You, Michael Collins was a Best Book of June 2017 on Amazon a semifinalist for the Goodreads Readers’ Choice Awards and a pick by the Planetary Society for Best Science Children’s Books of 2017. And as the date of the launch nears, Mamie can’t help but wonder: Does no one stay with the ship anymore? Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else’s dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay with the ship.Īfter school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what’s going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of her-until she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong (“So cute!”) and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin (“So cool!”). Ten-year-old Mamie’s class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. Summary: It’s 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. ![]() Published June 20th, 2017 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ![]()
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