Posts Tagged ‘Buzz Aldrin’

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Look to the Stars, by Buzz Aldrin

So intuitive, so organic. We look to the stars as adults and as kids, like this little boy pictured here. The (renowned) artist, Wendell Minor, told me this is his favorite image included in the recently released book, “Look To The Stars,” by Buzz Aldrin (the second person to step foot on the moon, 40 years ago this month).

I’ll post a review shortly but in the interim here’s a lovely, frank review written by a young boy named Josh Chinn here in Philadelphia. Great job, Josh! (Josh: bet your “Space Quiditch for Muggles” game will be a hit some day!) His father adds, “He actually liked the book more than he implies in his review and for what it’s worth I really like this book…the art’s beautiful, too.”
Ok: Take it away, Josh. (more…)

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

Buzz Aldrin the Rap Artist

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of “our” trip to the moon, I present you with the making of Buzz Aldrin’s Rocket Experience w/ Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli.

(Hat tip to Discover Magazine.)

We’ll have a few related book reviews and other activities to follow.

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