Details Armstrong's childhood, love of flying, and training as a pilot and astronaut that led to his historic feat of becoming the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Carmen Bredeson is the author of The Spindletop Gusher: The Story of the Texas Oil Boom. She has also written more than 50 non-fiction books for children on topics such as space, exploration, holidays, history and geology. She travels the world getting ideas for her books with her husband, a petroleum engineer. She lives in Katy, Texas.
This biography is about Neil Armstrong and his journey to the moon. It's full of facts that the kids would like but I just didn't like the layout. The pictures were mediocre at best.