Babar's Moon Trip (1968)

 

Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by the space race and the American efforts to get to the Moon. 

They face problems like: not achieving escape velocity for the Moon, failure of stage separation, failure to adjust quickly to reduced gravity on the Moon, and a very short exploration time to obtain samples before their launch window :)

It is not really a "pure" pop-up book but rather has some pop-ups and various flaps and tabs you can pull (for action.) 

de Brunhoff, Laurent. Babar's Moon Trip. New York: Random House. (18 p.) 1968.

Tip & Top and The Moon Rocket (1964)

 

A charming pop-up book about a trip to the moon. Like other pop-up books it is hard to share how wonderful it is to see the rocket rise up or how the surface of the Moon is 3-d.  It is a reprint and was was originally Czechoslovakian but I don't know much more about the original book. 

Kubasta, V. Tip & Top and The Moon Rocket. London: Bancroft and Co. (7 p.) 1964.

Jimmy and The Spaceship (1949)

 

To continue my obscure "space fiction" I have Jimmy and the Spaceship to share with you. This was a very small "pocket book" of a comic strip. There were other "Jimmy and the...." books but I really enjoyed reading this one.

It reads like the typical space story but has its own "shock" ending. I hope you like this obscure bit of early fiction about a trip to the moon.

Main, Neville. Jimmy and The Spaceship. London: Brockhampton Press. (30 p.) 1949.