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How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers
A Simple but Brilliant Plan in 24 Easy Steps
Author: Mordicai Gerstein
How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
In this simple, step-by-step instructional picture book, learn how you too can visit the moon on your bicycle! All you need is a very long garden hose, a very large slingshot, a borrowed spacesuit, and a bicycle . . . and plenty of imagination. With tongue firmly in cheek, Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein outlines the steps needed in glorious comic book-style panels and a deadpan voice, leaving nothing out: the food you'll eat, how to deal with loneliness in space, how to water those sunflower seeds once they're planted—even how to deal with the media attention back home after a successful trip. An inspired work of whimsy, How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers is a spacefaring adventure for daydreamers and a starter kit for the imagination.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013
Imprint Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
ISBN
9781466832176
In The News
“A grand flight of fancy perfect for a new generation of dreamers and planners.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Gerstein, a Caldecott-winning illustrator, offers a uniquely entertaining picture book that glows with the satisfaction of a boy who knows he could travel to the moon.” —Booklist, starred review
“...genuine and infectious...” —Publishers Weekly
“Readers . . . are sure to enjoy the ride.” —School Library Journal
“There’s enough reference here to the actual challenges of space travel to justify a quirky side trip in a solar system science unit—not that flights of fancy require justification.” — BCCB