On her family's farm in the town of Star, eight-year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing and dreams that she might one day be an astronaut, too.
Scientifically-accurate illustrations and information-packed sidebars enrich this picture book. Set in the future, Max the dog and his friend, Tori, are on the Jupiter Mission.
Blackboard Bear helps a small boy build a spaceship for a trip to the moon, but when the boy packs so many supplies that there is no room for him, the bear goes alone.