When Neil Armstrong Built a Wind Tunnel

by Mark Weakland, Luciano Lozano (Illustrator)

Overview

Astronaut Neil Armstrong couldn't be held down by Earth's gravity. As the first person to step foot on the moon, Neil took the US space program to new heights. But before he did that, he had humble boyhood jobs-cutting lawns, cleaning ovens, washing airplanes-and plenty of adventures, including building a wind tunnel in his parents' basement! This playful story shows young readers that not even the sky is the limit for their own dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515815792
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Leaders Doing Headstands Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including "I Sure Love Pancakes" and "The Dooflicky Machine," have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Interviews

series provides a way for kids to connect to famous historical figures and inspires readers to achieve greatness; discussion questions connected to the Common Core Standards encourage reflection and analysis; learning about famous historical figures as children provides additional information that readers don't often get through traditional text about these figures as adults