From the time when young Neil Armstrong took his first small steps and spoke his first words, he wanted to travel into space. Although everyone told him it was impossible, he never gave up. Tom Saunders' song tells the story of Armstrong's life, concluding with the day he made that world-changing giant leap. In this book, Saunders' poetic, inspiring lyrics are brought to life by the illustrations of award-winning Cynthia Nugent. A CD of the song is also included.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Simply Read Books .

Cynthia Nugent is an award-winning artist, a teacher of art and a writer. She was the illustrator of the bestselling first book Mister Got To Go as well as Goodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan , and has had over 20 solo exhibitions of her artwork. Cynthia has a B. A. in English literature with graduate studies in Comparative literature. She lives in Vancouver.