Christian Birmingham Mark Haddon English

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by Christian Birmingham,Mark Haddon

ISBN: 0006645577
ISBN13: 978-0006645573
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (August 4, 1997)
Pages: 32
Subategory: Literature

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Mark Haddon has written a number of successful picture books with HarperCollins, including Sea of Tranquility, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, and is best known for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Christian Birmingham is a young artist of outstanding talent. In 1991 he graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design and has since illustrated several highly praised books. Christian lives in Brighton, Sussex.

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Mark Haddon (author), Christian Birmingham (author) 'It is back to July 16 1969 for Mark Haddon's The Sea of Tranquility.

Mark Haddon (author), Christian Birmingham (author). He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking. It is back to July 16 1969 for Mark Haddon's The Sea of Tranquility. Apollo II's giant leap for mankind is re-lived through the wondering imagination of a small boy and Christian Birmingham's dream-like celestial pastels.

The Sea Of Tranquility book. Mark Haddon lives in Oxford with his wife Dr. Sos Eltis, a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and their two young sons. The beautiful illustrations by Christian Birmingham make the picture book memoir’s ambiance complete. ELM–ESSENTIAL Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Library. Books by Mark Haddon.

Christian Birmingham. A magical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing from the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space

Haddon, Mark; Birmingham, Christian, il. A man remembers his boyhood fascination with the moon and the night mankind first bounced through the dust in the Sea of Tranquillity.

Haddon, Mark; Birmingham, Christian, ill. Publication date. no page number in the book.

The Sea of Tranquility Paperback. By Mark Haddon, Illustrated by Christian Birmingham. The deliciously enchanting text is complemented by Christian Birmingham’s exquisite pastel illustrations, which capture the awe and mystery that the moon had for this small bo. Books for Keeps. The extraordinary dream quality of the illustration. ive this book a real feel of awe and wonder. A terrific boo. Junior Education.

The Sea of Tranquility. illustrated by Christian Birmingham. It is back to July 16 1969 for Mark Haddon’s The Sea of Tranquility

The Sea of Tranquility. It is back to July 16 1969 for Mark Haddon’s The Sea of Tranquility. Apollo II’s giant leap for mankind is re-lived through the wondering imagination of a small boy and Christian Birmingham’s dream-like celestial pastels. by Mark Haddon · Christian Birmingham. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-accla. Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. by John Escott · Eric Kincaid · Charles Dickens · Christian Birmingham · Lesley Baxter · Michael Morpurgo.

Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking. And eventually, one cloudless night, they did!

Comments:

Innadril

The story is great; the author narrates his recollection (as a kid) of Apollo 11. The picture on the cover depicts the author (as a child) in a dream, walking on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. I purchased this book for my two little boys (5 and 3.) They love it! Being little kids themselves, they really like the picture of the "little kid" astronaut walking with the "grown-up" astronauts.

Kabei

A little boy who is fascinated with the Moon and by the Apollo Project, and watches the flight and landing of Apollo XI with rapt attention.

Yes, Mark Haddon, as you say on Page 24, "That little boy was me". And it was me, also. And probably quite a few of this book's buyers were also that enthralled little boy (or girl).

[Christian Birmingham, your illustrations do a marvelous job of evoking that moment of time.]

It was good to be that child. It would have been good to be one of those astronauts, or one of the thousands who ought to have followed them by now.

[Or to be the little boy in the little spacesuit, capering on the Moon with Neil and Buzz, leaving little bootprints.]

But it is also good to be who I am right now, and to read this book to my own five-year-old.

[To watch him dance his toy horse across one of Birmingham's illustrations, speculating on what people would make of hoofprints on the Moon.]

Slowly, with pauses. So my voice doesn't catch . . . .

LiTTLe_NiGGa_in_THE_СribE

Beautiful picture book, illustrations are mystical and romantic. Actually this is the most romantic and beautiful portrayal of space travel that I have ever seen. Rather than focusing on science and technology this is all about a boy's romance with space. The illustrator has done a wonderful job taking what is usually dark and cold looking (moon's surface, etc.) and making them look beautiful, haunting, and romantic. A man looks back on his boyhood fascination with all things space and recalls the night he watched the first moonwalk on television. We learn of the different ways he would daydream of space, making a scrapbook of space photos, etc. Then he watches the moonwalk on TV in the middle of the night and images of the moonwalk are shown. Later, while sleeping, he has a dream that he was with the astronauts on the moonwalk. It ends with more romantic musings from the now-adult man about what it is like on the moon and how the footprints those astronauts made will remain there for millions of years. A beautiful story. The point of the story is just about the boy's romantic notions of space flight and space in general. It is not heavier than that, there are no lessons to be learned, etc. but a nice story for any child who loves space and dreams of what space travel would be like.

Kashicage

Beautiful artwork - about a man who reflects back to when he was a young boys with fantasies of becoming an astronaut & going to the moon. He has the suppot of his parents, helping him make scrapbooks & trips to the library. He borrows dad's binoculars & gazes at the moon for hours.

Reminds all of us of our childhood dreams