Find out about the life of Neil Armstrong, from how he became an astronaut to being the first person to walk on the moon. For children following Book Bands, it is suitable for children reading at band 8, purple.

The Info Buzz series, for age 5+, helps children develop their knowledge and understanding of the world by covering a wide range of topics in a fun, colourful and interactive way. The books have a lively design, engaging text and photos, questions to get children thinking and talking and teaching notes. Each title is written in conjunction with a literacy consultant and features book band guidance and downloadable activity sheets online.

This book features in the following series: History Series, Info Buzz-History .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Izzi Howell is an editor and author of books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Who was Neil Armstrong?
• 1: Growing up
• 1: The Space Race
• 1: Neil and NASA
• 1: Space training
• 1: Lift off!
• 1: Walking on the Moon
• 1: Back to Earth
• 1: Later years
• 1: Quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index, answers and teaching notes