The Sea of Tranquility

Author(s): Mark Haddon & Christian Birmingham (illus.)

Picture Books

Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking. And eventually, one cloudless night, they did...


Product Information

Christian Birmingham is a young artist of outstanding talent. In 1991 he graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design and has since illustrated several highly praised books. Christian lives in Brighton, Sussex.

General Fields

  • : 9780007274765
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : Harper Element
  • : 0.19
  • : September 2008
  • : 265 x 259mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Mark Haddon & Christian Birmingham (illus.)
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : Christian Birmingham
  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : 32pp
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations