The Darkest Dark

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Together they zoom off in their make believe spaceships made out of the bathtub or stay up reading everything about space in bed. Based on the author's own experiences, and beautifully illustrated, this is an inspiring story about facing up to fear and following your dreams. The story provides a beautiful, innocent account of the common childhood fear of being scared or the dark and what can be found hiding within it. It functions as an exploration of a common childhood fear, and how young people might confront and overcome that fear, through reexamination and through expanding (or changing) one's perspective, but it is also a depiction of a momentous moment in human history, as seen through the eyes of one child. His music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, has received more than 30 million views online.

This group of children had a real fascination with space and loved to hear the story of a real-life astronaut! When he sees the astronauts jumping for joy, Chris decides to be an astronaut in real life, not just in his dreams. Inspired by Chris's decision to become an astronaut after watching the Apollo 11 moon landing at age nine, The Darkest Dark is an inspiring story about facing your fears and following your dreams.Chris Hadfield is one of the world's most seasoned and accomplished astronauts, and is the author of the number one international bestseller, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, and You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes. In this latter sense, it reminded me a bit of Dianna Hutts Aston's The Moon Over Star, which also dealt with a group watching the moon landing in 1969.

other reviewers have mentioned that there is the possibility to scare your children with some of the alien references. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible.The illustrations of the book were beautiful, the children loved looking at them and pointing out different space items hiding in the background. And this book is all about embracing your wildest dreams that you can’t imagine could even be possible – and making them come true. Perfect for young explorers, this endearing story features an adventurous dog who decides to visit the universe beyond the flat pages of his home - and 3D goggles will give the reader an even sharper focus on Ludwig's wonderful world. Hadfield served as Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-breaking number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. That young Chris goes from fearing the dark to understanding it and therefore conquering his fear, allowing him to follow his dreams is a powerful message.

Hadfield and collaborator Fillion tell the story of young Chris, who loves space but can't bear his own room once the lights are out. He was CAPCOM for 25 Shuttle launches and served as Director of NASA Operations in Star City, Russia from 2001-2003, Chief of Robotics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2003-2006, and Chief of International Space Station Operations from 2006-2008. Chris tries really hard to sleep in his own room, but he’s petrified of aliens getting him in the dark. His music video, a zero gravity version of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' received over 10 million views in its first three days online. When I travelled to the Black Forest in Germany, I decided to check out the Meet and Greet parking and Escape Lounge at Stansted airport before my flight.Teaching children to face their fears; to not fear the dark for it holds much wonder and beauty; and to never give up on their dreams. In the back cover of the book, there is a little message from Chris and an excerpt from it reads, “The dark is for dreams – and morning is for making them come true. The moon landing is mind-boggling in itself, but something even more important catches Chris's attention – he never noticed how dark it was in space. Chris Hadfield nous raconte à travers ce livre sa motivation à devenir astronaute comme si il nous étions son confident.

Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, engineer, science communicator, singer, and former fighter pilot.

His message to children, and to adults, is wonderfully positive, and worth discovering for yourself. For longer trips when we’re staying in one place for a while, the Cocoon Breeze is exactly what we need.