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Dixon-Engel, Tara , Jackson, Mike

Neil Armstrong: One Giant Leap for Mankind

124 pp. | Sterling | August, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4027-6061-7 $12.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-4027-4496-9 $5.95
(3) 4-6 Sterling Biographies series. Attractive layouts and numerous images of photos, paintings, documents, etc., (e.g., Armstrong's high school yearbook entry) make for engaging, easy-to-approach biographies. Each volume begins by detailing a significant moment (Alamo for Crockett, moon landing for Armstrong, underwater anniversary party for Cousteau) then backtracks to the subject's birth to continue the detail-rich narrative. Sidebars flesh out historical contexts and important contemporaries. Source notes. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Sterling Biographies titles: Neil Armstrong, Jacques Cousteau, and Davy Crockett.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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