Papa Put a Man on the Moon

In time for the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, this father-daughter story celebrates a small community's big contribution to one of America's greatest accomplishments.

Marthanne and her father sit side by side, looking out over their mill village as the moon glows in the sky. Marthanne hopes that one day, man will walk on the moon, and she knows her father is helping America accomplish this mission: The fabric he weaves forms one layer in the astronauts' spacesuits. Papa insists he's only making a living, but Marthanne knows his work is part of history, and she's proud. She tries to be patient, but she can't stop imagining the moon mission: the astronauts tumbling through space, the fabric her papa made traveling all the way up into the sky. When the astronauts blast off and Neil Armstrong finally takes his first steps on the moon, Marthanne watches in wonder. She knows her papa put a man on the moon.

• Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))
• One Giant Leap
• Marty's Mission: An Apollo 11 Story (Tales of Young Americans)
• A Kite for Moon
• Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
• The First Men Who Went to the Moon
• Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon (Mouse Adventures)
• Go for the Moon: A Rocket, a Boy, and the First Moon Landing
• Armstrong Special Edition: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon (Mouse Adventures)
• Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13