02306cam a2200457 i 4500 428637724 TxAuBib 20200625120000.0 180801s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018036211 9781338259537 1338259539 (OCoLC)1048015229 TxAuBib rda Robbins, Dean, 1957-,. The astronaut who painted the moon : the story of Alan Bean / by Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Sean Rubin. First edition. New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 32 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier AR Point Value : 0.5. AR Reading Level : 3.4. "Journey to the Moon on the Apollo 12 mission with astronaut and artist Alan Bean! As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none compared to what he saw through his artistic eyes. When he returned to Earth, he began to paint what he saw. Alan's paintings allowed humanity to experience what it truly felt like to walk on the moon."-- Provided by publisher. Ages 4-6. K to grade 3. Accelerated Reader 3.4 0.5. 20200625. Bean, Alan, 1932-2018 Juvenile literature. Project Apollo (U.S.) Juvenile literature. Astronauts United States Biography Juvenile literature. Space flight to the moon. Juvenile literature. Moon In art Juvenile literature. Rubin, Sean, 1986-,. TXLIV