Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.
excellent first space book
*English Association Book Awards for the Best Books of 2004*
Children are still fascinated by the moon and want to know what it
would be like to visit it. This excellent first space book invites
the reader to join young astronauts as they journey to the moon in
a rocket and then use a lunar module to land on the surface. The
illustrations integrate photographs from NASA with drawings: some
show the moon's mountainous and barren landscapes with grey rocks
and large holes. There are also stunning pictures to help young
children understand what our earth looks like from space. The
illustrations showing domestic settings will appeal to modern
children as they see familiar objects, including a dinosaur model.
A toy is playfully dressed as an astronaut and there is even a hint
of intertextuality - the television screen shows astronauts walking
on the moon.
A simple but not banal text matches well with the clear, bold line
of the illustrations, for example of astronauts taking big bouncing
steps on the moon's surface and the writing explaining that the
space suits need to provide air as there is none on the moon.
The moon is not hospitable enough to encourage long stays: so
children see that when the astronauts leave only a small flag and
'some footprints in the dust' remain.
*English Association Book Awards for the Best Books of 2004 -
shortlisted*
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