The Darkest Dark

By: Chris Hadfield, Kate Fillion, The Fan Brothers

Narrated by: Chris Hadfield

Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible.

Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem--at night, Chris doesn't feel so brave. He's afraid of the dark.

But when he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, he realizes that space is the darkest dark there is--and the dark is beautiful and exciting, especially when you have big dreams to keep you company.

Critic reviews

Praise for The Darkest Dark:* "The Fan brothers (The Night Gardener) switch easily between fantasy elements and documentary images...The idea that a famous astronaut was once afraid of the dark may win some recalcitrant bed-goers' hearts, and readers with dreams of space travel will jump at this."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A great book

A wonderful book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man with a type A personality coming of age such as myself. I found this book to be very well read and enjoyable. I further highly recommend this book.

This made me cry in the best way.

Its extremely cheap, but is an amazing little poem / short story that honestly had me crying.