Huckleberry Hound (1960)

 

This is a "minor" child's space book. It is a fictional story about Huckleberry Hound and his friends who decide to build a rocket. It is an almost "standard" story of they never really take off for the Moon but convince themselves that this strange place they found is on the Moon.

I was attracted to it for the painted illustrations and an amazing cover of the "gang" taking off for space.

For those of you below a certain age here is a little about Huckleberry Hound and his Hanna Barbera cartoon friends:

"The Huckleberry Hound Show is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the second series produced by the studio following The Ruff and Reddy Show. The show first aired in syndication on September 29, 1958, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. Three segments were included in the program: one featuring the title character, Huckleberry Hound, another with Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, which starred two mice who in each short found a new way to outwit the cat Mr. Jinks, and a third starring Yogi Bear and his friend Boo-Boo. The series last aired on December 1, 1961." Wikipedia

Memling, Carl. Illustrated by McGary, Norman and Hawley Pratt. Huckleberry Hound. New York: Golden Press. (28 p.) 1960. 

All About the Telescope (1980)

 

Klushantsev, Pavel. Illustrated by Voishvillo, E., B. Kalaushin, and B. Starodubtsev. All About the Telescope. Translated by Jan Butler. Moscow: Progress Publishers. (70 p.) 1980

This book was a translation of the 1972 Russian book:

Klushantsev, Pavel. Illustrated by Voishvillo, E. О ЦЁМ РАССКАЗАЛ ТЕЛЕСКОП (What the Telescope Told.)  Leningrad: L. Detgiz. (66 p.) 1972. 

Exploring Mercury

Exploring Venus

Exploring Mars

Exploring Jupiter

Exploring Saturn

Exploring ???

Bleep and Booster Annual (1966)

 

Bleep and Booster was a beloved children's animated sci-fi series featured on the BBC's Blue Peter from 1963 to 1977. For 1966-1968 there was a yearly annual album with adventures of the duo. I love space art in general and feel that images of children exploring space are important in helping them imagine people (and themselves) in space and the possibilities. These adventures are seen through a British eye since England did not have a manned space program. Instead "plucky" children  were taken to the Moon and planets by friendly aliens. But children could see images of "themselves" doing space walks, exploring alien planets, and observing manned capsules of the Americans.

Timym, William. Bleep and Booster Annual. London: Purnell and Sons, Ltd. (77 p.) 1966.

Six Days on Luna One (1965) Part 3

 

Here are the last of my scans from this book. It is a large book with large illustrations every few pages. The artist was Teodor Rotrekl (6 June 1923 in Brno – 1 September 2004 in Prague) who was a Czech illustrator and painter. His most known works are illustrations of science fiction books and journals.

Shtuka, I. Illustrated by Rotreckl, Teodor. Шесть Дней На Луне-1 (Six Days on Luna One.) Prague: Artia. (211 p.) 1965.

This book is unique (at least to me) in showing the failure in space flight. The picture above shows poignantly an astronaut carrying their buddy back to the rover after an accident.  American books rarely showed the expected costs of learning to go into space.