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.

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)

Fifty years ago today . . .

Midnight had come and gone,
but the boy was wide awake
and standing at the window
in his dressing gown,
because two astronauts
were walking on the surface of the moon,
two hundred thousand miles
above his bedroom.

A lovely look back at a special event that still gives me chills.

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.