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Papa put a man on the moon

Marthanne's whole community is excited about the moon landing, and Marthanne is especially proud because her father helped create the fabric for the astronauts' spacesuits.

Main Author: Dempsey, Kristy (Author)
Other Authors: Green, Sarah (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2019]
Subjects:
Wessner, Sally Matthews tribute.
Rathfon, Joyce tribute.
Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Space flight to the moon > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Marthanne's whole community is excited about the moon landing, and Marthanne is especially proud because her father helped create the fabric for the astronauts' spacesuits.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN: 9780735230743
0735230749
Author Notes: Kristy Dempsey is the author of eight picture books, including Me with You , Surfer Chick , Superhero Instruction Manual , and A Dance Like Starlight , which was named a JLG selection, ALA Notable Book, Bank Street Best of 2015, CCBC 2015 Choice, and the winner of the 2015 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text. Since 1998, Kristy has lived in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with her husband and three children, where she works as a middle school and high school English teacher.

Sarah Green is the illustrator of Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression and Elizabeth Warren: Nevertheless, She Persisted (Summer 2018). She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving back to her hometown of San Francisco.

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