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K-3Penguin Young Readers: Smithsonian series.
In nine leveled-reader chapters, this volume provides information about the moon, focusing mainly on science and exploration. The text also touches on storytelling (that old green cheese myth) and veers into speculation: "Could there be other life in the universe? Do you think they look up at their own moons like we do?" Well-chosen photographs and illustrations support the occasionally vague text. Glos.