The Darkest Dark

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He was CAPCOM for twenty-five Shuttle launches and served as Director of NASA Operations in Star City, Russia, Chief of Robotics for the NASA Astronaut Office in Houston, and Chief of International Space Station Operations. Written by astronaut Chris Hadfield (famous for covering David Bowie’s Space Oddity on the ISS), it is based around his childhood dreams of being an astronaut.

His widely-praised debut picture book, The Night Gardener, was a collaboration with his brother Terry. 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. Hadfield most recently served as Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-setting number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Astronaut Chris Hadfield (famous for his viral videos from the International Space Station) shares how he was afraid of the dark when he was little.

The moon landing is mind-boggling in itself, but something even more important catches Chris's attention – he never noticed how dark it was in space. He is also the author of You Are Here , a book of breathtaking photos taken from space, and The Darkest Dark – his first ever children's picture book.

The illustrations by the Fan Brothers ( The Night Gardener) are gorgeous -- graphite colored digitally in a style reminiscent of colorized photos.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. My daughter loves it and the extra fun for her is that parts of the book and pages glow in the dark. All in all, The Darkest Dark is an uplifting book of overcoming fears and a must for the budding space explorer.

I received a copy from Penguin Random House Canada and Tundra Books in exchange for a honest review. 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. S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991, Colonel Hadfield was CAPCOM for twenty-five Shuttle missions and NASA’s Director of Operations in Russia.A couple of my book pals mentioned that he did a children's picture book, based on his childhood in Ontario, I knew I had to give it a try. The fact it is written from a real-life astronaut makes it all the more exciting for the children and is very inspirational for children when thinking about their own dreams. El libro, tiene las tapas blanditas pero su encuadernación, grosor de hojas e impresión es bastante buena. It's 1969, and Chris's parents tell him that if he can't stay in his own bed, he won't be able to go watch the moon landing on the neighbor's TV the following evening.

Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible. But when he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, he realizes that space is the darkest dark there is—and the dark is beautiful and exciting, especially when you have big dreams to keep you company.This group of children had a real fascination with space and loved to hear the story of a real-life astronaut!