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Resource Pack for Teachers and Librarians
Literacy-focussed lessons using extracts from "The Book of the Moon" and beautiful illustrations to share with children at KS1 and KS2.
Websites to visit
Moon landings
Websites to visit
First Moon landing
Follow the Apollo 11 first Moon landing - from lift off to splash down!
Walking on the Moon
Watch Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon and hear his famous words.
Bootprint on the Moon
See an astronaut's bootprint on the surface of the Moon.
How to live on the Moon
Join a friendly alien and find out what you'd need to live on the Moon.
Looking at the Moon
Websites to visit
Meet an astronomer
Meet an astronomer who likes to look at the Moon and stars.
Questions about the Moon
Listen to Mr. Moon answer questions about himself.
Looking at the Moon
Children look at the Moon during the day - and at night. (Click on the play button for day or night.)
The surface of the Moon
See the Moon's surface up close, with moonlight music. (The music is called "Clair de Lune" or "Moonlight" by Claude Debussy.)
Galileo's telescope
Listen to a story about Galileo's telescope and what he saw. (The first part of the clip is about the telescope. See page 18 of your book for more about the astronomer Galileo.)
What is a lunar eclipse?
Take a trip into space to see how a lunar eclipse happens.
Moon things to make and do
Websites to visit
Moon myths and stories
Listen to myths and stories about the Moon. (Click on the play button below a story title.)
Tonight's Moon
See what the Moon will look like tonight.
Moon game
Play a game where you visit the Moon and learn fun facts. (Click on Sean to start the game.)
Paper rocket ship
Find out how to make a paper rocket ship.
Moon maze
Print out a Moon maze puzzle to solve. (Click on the link for "Printable maze PDF".)
Moon rock picture
Find out how to make a Moon rock picture. (For instructions click on the PDF link below the clip.)
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About this book
The Usborne book of the moon
The Usborne book of the Moon
For thousands of years, the Moon has been the one thing in the night sky that everyone anywhere on our planet recognises. Trace the story of the Moon around the world and through history, from ancient legends about its creation, to its first sighting through a telescope, right up until the Apollo 11 mission and the first Moon landing in 1969.
“Beautifully illustrated... Straightforward and informative, and preserves the magic of the moon.”
Gardners, Children's Top Ten for June 2019
Laura Cowan
Laura studied literature at Cambridge and more literature at Trinity College Dublin. This means she’s read a lot of books, which helps when writing them. Before joining Usborne, she taught English in Barcelona for four years, as well as in Dublin and Cambridge. She now lives in East London with some plants and a lot of vintage clothes.
Press Reviews
Brimming with fun and fascinating facts, questions and answers, myths and mysteries, and the exciting history of mankind’s race through space to land on the Moon, this is a wonderful introduction to our amazing, faraway Moon.
Lancashire Evening Post
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