Mark Haddon's autobiographical picture book tells a story I suspect played across thousands of living rooms in America in 1969 as Armstrong and company landed on the moon. A young boy watches and is enchanted. And while Haddon may not have ended up with space as a career, his love of it comes through loud and clear.

Lovely!

This is another picture book on the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. This one ranks as one of my favorites, for it is written from a 7 year old boy's perspective. His imagination is ignited by the space program. To read the historical event through his eyes is quite moving. And it helped ignite my son's imagination for all things space and rocketships.

This is a children's book, and yeah I may be an adult (or meant to be)

But it was enjoyable


And the art, the art style and illustrations are lovely.

What a lovely book to inspire curiosity in young children about planets and space! It is Mark Haddon’s (author of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’) recollections of when he was a young boy with a picture of the solar system on his bedroom wall, looking out of his window at night and wondering about the moon above him. He dreams of travelling to the moon and visiting the features he has read about in books. One night the first moon landing takes place and he is fascinated to think that two astronauts are walking on the surface of the moon, two hundred thousand miles above his bedroom.


The language is straight-forward and accessible to independent readers in Years 3 and above, with plenty of colourful and evocative illustrations to attract younger readers. This could be a thought-provoking introduction to Earth and Beyond in science, a starting point for creative writing, role-play, art and many other cross-curricular activities. It’s a brief, simple book on the surface but with lots of potential material to be gleaned from it.

Outstanding! A story about a boy who loved to see and think about the moon. I appreciate that there are some page spreads without words, just with images. Space is so cool! It is indeed cool to think about.

Cute.

En lite småmysig historia om en pojkes drömmar om att åka till månen.
Jag gillar den lugna känslan och tycker nog inte att det är en barnbok, endast ett minne av författarens barndom.
Man kommer lätt in i berättelsen och boken hade inte förlorat på att vara lite längre.
Men som månlandning ger den inte något större intryck.

Betyg: 3 hjälmar som fiskskålar av 5.

Around the Year in 52 books 2025 - 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T or Y (Austronauter)

It was an okay story. Not the best I've ever read but it had a few moments that held my attention. Much of it felt like filler and really didn't contribute to the story.

Loved Hadden's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, although that book isn't for everyone. This story won't engage most young readers, but if they like astronauts and such, they might try The Darkest Dark and I'm sure there are others too if you ask any librarian.

THis book is a great idea, but not a great rendition. I did not love either the text nor the illustrations. Do not recommend this one.

"Footprints on the moon" is a very fun and engaging story about a boy's recollection of the first moon landing. It describes how passionate the boy was about wanting someone to land on the moon and then shows how it was when they actually did land. It's illustrations are extremely engaging and allow the reader to emerge themselves in the fantasy.
Age Level:3-6
Reading Level: Beginning Reader