The Darkest Dark

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Young Chris is afraid of the dark until he sees the Eagle land on the moon and is moved by the beauty of space.

His music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," received over 10 million views in its first three days online. All in all, The Darkest Dark is an uplifting book of overcoming fears and a must for the budding space explorer. Having discovered the work of Fan brothers in their gorgeous picture-book debut, The Night Gardener, I was very excited to see this second title, and I was not disappointed.

If you have a child who is petrified of the dark, this book may just help them overcome their night time monsters or possibly give you a few ideas on how to help them tackle the boogeyman under their bed.

He was able to see the beauty of the dark night, his fear vanished and from that day onward he never gave up on his dream of becoming an astronaut himself! A young boy dreams of space but fears the dark in this engaging picture-book autobiography from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, co-written with Kate Fillion and illustrated by the fabulously talented Fan brothers. Recommended to young space lovers and would-be astronauts, as well as to children who are afraid of the dark. The darkest dark is a beautiful picture book inspired by Chris Hadfield's childhood, he dreams of one day becoming an astronaut and his imagination is limitless, yet he fears the dark and all the aliens that may be sneaking up on him at night until he watches the 1969 moon landings and realises that space is the darkest dark possible and he wants desperately to be able to explore it.His widely-praised debut picture book, The Night Gardener, was a collaboration with his brother Terry. His message to children, and to adults, is wonderfully positive, and worth discovering for yourself. In this latter sense, it reminded me a bit of Dianna Hutts Aston's The Moon Over Star, which also dealt with a group watching the moon landing in 1969. Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, engineer, science communicator, singer, and former fighter pilot. El libro, tiene las tapas blanditas pero su encuadernación, grosor de hojas e impresión es bastante buena.