Fast, Mighty, and Obedient (1960)

 

So another book about transport with just a little space content. However I really like the artist style in this one and so I have a few other illustrations from the book, even though not space related. It seems fascinating to be how the release of Russian children's books with a space elements reflects the same era in America. If it had a rocket on it (on in it) it would sell.

By Yu. Yurmin. Drawn by E. Ablin. Cover by V. Shchapov. Stories About Transport. Moscow : Children's world Publishing. 24 p. 1960.

A really nice space painting

Stories for Children About The Development of Transport (1962)

 

A book about vehicles with just a little space content. This is more for completeness since the style is OK but nothing special. Sorry for the short post.

By L. Halperstein. Illustrated by F. Lepkul. Stories for children about the development of transport: From steam locomotives to space rockets. Moscow : Detgiz. 48 p. 1962.

Valya-Valentin : A book of verses for preschool children (1964)

 

Another bit of Soviet children's illustration.

Valya-Valentin. By S. Baruzdin. Illustrated by Y. Zaltsman. Moscow : Malysh. 16 p. 1964.

I just liked this submarine painting.

Hurry to Grow Up (1966)

 

I have acquired even more Russian children's books with space flight covers and illustrations. These are mostly not about space flight but have some interesting illustrations.

Hurry to grow up. By Yu Uzyumov. Illustrated by V. Dmitriuk. Gory City : USSR. 20 p. 1966.

The continuing dreams of space......

By Rocket To The Moon (1931)

 

To finish off my moon-laden July I have this one.

So this is an updated re-post of a book I blogged about in 2010. 

https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/07/by-rocket-to-moon-19311949.html

I came across a less damaged copy of the book I took the opportunity to share this picture story. It is an early children's/young adult science fiction novel about a first trip to the moon. The author Otto Willi Gail was an early space flight thinker and writer.

The introduction to this children's book is very interesting about the author's conviction that this was a fictionalization of something that would happen some day.

The details of the story included a mysterious satellite from Atlantis orbiting the moon. An action packed story with stowaways, murders, and having to throw almost everything out of the ship to make it back to Earth. In the final scene they need to leave the ship to crash while they parachute down. The final line of the unbelievable story is below.

Exploring the Moon: A Space Trip Into the Future (1969)

 

Happy Moon Day!

This is the cover of the April 1969 issue of Children's Digest. They would publish short book excepts and articles for children. I thought I would celebrate this day by sharing an article about the coming landing written from the perspective of a couple of years before.

The cover artwork was by the famous space artist Robert McCall.

The article is excepted from a 1965 Book called "The Question and Answer Book of Space". I blogged about it back in 2009 here: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2009/06/question-and-answer-book-of-space-1965.html

So this is exactly the kind of thing I was reading at ages 7 and 8. It was lacking in many details but I knew what was coming by the time July 1969 arrived. So join me on a little throw-back to a far-away time.

This last little box in the article brings it all back to me....

Exploring Space (1960)

 

This is a Highlights Handbook. It is a collection of space articles from Highlights Magazine. It has a nice sequence of articles about the possibility of a Moon landing. This is the second in my postings leading up to July 20 Moon Day!

Even though the article is from 1958, you get the idea that this is going to be fact someday. While the ship on the Moon is very different, this article also points to the finish line without specifying how we get there. See you on Moon Day.