One Giant Leap Book

One Giant Leap, written by Burleigh, captures the joy that the world shared on July 20, 1969 that the first man set foot on the Moon. Using descriptive language and detailed illustration to describe the journey, Burleigh with illustrator Mike Wimmer, create an account of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they depart from two spaceships, Columbia and Eagle. Far below on Earth, hundreds of millions of people tune in to watch the TV camera attached to Eagle. As Aldrin salutes the American flag and Armstrong grasps what feels like a dream in one picture. Burleigh acknowledges that the world is united for one moment by such an amazing feat. The men must return to Eagle in order to return to Columbia, which is now far off orbiting the Moon. After safety reaching Columbia, the men can rest after being awake for eighteen hours. It was an exhausting adventure, but worth every sleepless hour. At the end of the re-telling of the story, Burleigh describes briefly the factual account of the first step made by man onto the Moon. Here it is explained that President John F. Kennedy had lead the movement to win the prize for the moon during the Cold War against the Soviet Union. The title of this book is inspired by the beautiful statement Armstrong made, heard by all on Earth, "That's one small step for man- one giant leap for mankind."