The Darkest Dark

Very nice inspirational story about overcoming fear of the dark for children age 4 to 7. Great for those interested in space. At the end is a couple of pages on the real life adventures of the astronaut author which 7 yr olds can probably read. Nicely illustrated with drawings and some space photos.

A beautifully illustrated book, with an inspiring message. What more could you ask? We were lucky enough to meet Chris Hadfield and have our book signed. He has a winning way with children, and my four year old daughter was enthralled. His message to children, and to adults, is wonderfully positive, and worth discovering for yourself. I bought a second copy from Amazon to present to my daughter's nursery on World Book Day, to help inspire all her friends to great things.

My 4 year old son loves this book, and I have noticed his 10 and 11 year old brothers listening in too! My little one requests this every night at story time, and i love reading it. I love the message it sends about following your dreams. We normally read the story and then watch one of Chris Hadfields YouTube videos about life in space.

This book was bought with others for a school who were in need of books for the children

Lovely story for my 3 year old son who loves space. Even better that it's written (in part) by a Canadian astronaut. Love the illustrations and infomation at the back of the book pertaining to Chris Hadfield himself. Highly recommended.

Great product. I recommend it! Beautiful story!

This is a wonderful and inspirational book. To be honest I bought it because I saw Chris Hadfield giving an interview and he was so interesting and honest about the book I thought I'd buy it for my baby granddaughter. I'm really glad I did as it's a superb example of a great book for a child. It also addresses the issue of "the dark" in a very positive way.

Bought for a five year old. Mum says it's great.

I gave this as a gift to a 5-year-old. He insisted on it for his bedtime story every night, for weeks! I think it has made a lasting, positive impression on him that will be nostalgic right through to adolescence, and maybe even into adulthood.

Terrific story. Awesome quality (I bought paperback) of the pages. Really engrossing. It's short, full of illustrations and my daughter loved it, so did I.

Le he comprado en una superoferta (suelo aprovechar las ofertas de los libros infantiles en inglés, puesto que en España no está permitido) y por el precio que he pagado estoy contentísima. El libro, tiene las tapas blanditas pero su encuadernación, grosor de hojas e impresión es bastante buena. La historia es muy bonita. Un niño que tenía miedo a la oscuridad pero quería ser astronauta, y que hay más oscuro que el universo? Está basado en una historia real del astronauta y eso también se le puede explicar a los niños. El inglés lo veo bastante asequible, sin muchos problemas o palabras complicadas. Las ilustraciones que acompañan son muy bonitas. A los niños les ha gustado y a mi también. Espero que os ayude la información. Un saludo :)

Chris Hadfield nous raconte à travers ce livre sa motivation à devenir astronaute comme si il nous étions son confident. Au delà de la petite histoire pour enfant, se révèle une grande histoire pour grands enfants. A lire en version originale: c'est facile et aucune traduction ne perturbe le texte.

My 3 year old grabbed this book at the library based on the pictures. We fell in love with the story and came here to amazon to buy it after reading our library book every day for a month. The story is extremely sweet/touching/inspirational and the “follow your dreams” message really hit home for my daughter. The illustrations are beautiful too. This is our family’s new favorite children’s book.