Hadfield and collaborator Fillion tell the story of young Chris, who loves space but can't bear his own room once the lights are out. When he watched real life astronauts walking and jumping on the moon, it gave him a new perspective to night time and darkness.

The darkest dark is a beautiful picture book inspired by Chris Hadfield's childhood, he dreams of one day becoming an astronaut and his imagination is limitless, yet he fears the dark and all the aliens that may be sneaking up on him at night until he watches the 1969 moon landings and realises that space is the darkest dark possible and he wants desperately to be able to explore it. Things appear to move, sounds seem to be heightened and absolutely anything, anything, could appear in the space where it once was not. His music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," has nearly 50 million views, and his TED talk on fear has been viewed over 10 million times.

My four year old daughter is terrified of the dark and the shadows and has an incredibly overactive imagination so I approached this one carefully. Convinced that aliens are lurking in the dark, young Chris has trouble at bedtime, and doesn't really want to sleep in a separate room from his parents. That young Chris goes from fearing the dark to understanding it and therefore conquering his fear, allowing him to follow his dreams is a powerful message.

Chris tries really hard to sleep in his own room, but he’s petrified of aliens getting him in the dark. I also think this book might do more to make a child afraid of the dark, than help eradicate the fear. Un niño que tenía miedo a la oscuridad pero quería ser astronauta, y que hay más oscuro que el universo? All in all, The Darkest Dark is an uplifting book of overcoming fears and a must for the budding space explorer.Young Chris is afraid of the dark until he sees the Eagle land on the moon and is moved by the beauty of space. His TED talk has been viewed over four million times and he judged the BBC TV series Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? His message to children, and to adults, is wonderfully positive, and worth discovering for yourself. Chris Hadfield is one of the world's most seasoned and accomplished astronauts, and is the author of the number one international bestseller, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, and You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes.

This group of children had a real fascination with space and loved to hear the story of a real-life astronaut! Being written by an astronaut gives the book a weight that could not otherwise be achieved and creates the sense of being able to reach your dreams whatever the dream is. The short summary by Chris on how he became an astronaut as well as pictures from his childhood through to space link the story to real life, giving a greater depth to the experience.A couple of my book pals mentioned that he did a children's picture book, based on his childhood in Ontario, I knew I had to give it a try. AD – Olpro Cubo Breeze was gifted for review purposes A couple of years ago, I reviewed the Cocoon Breeze, a large inflatable drive away awning from Olpro. Perfect for young explorers, this endearing story features an adventurous dog who decides to visit the universe beyond the flat pages of his home - and 3D goggles will give the reader an even sharper focus on Ludwig's wonderful world. I liked the biographical information at the end, but the illustrative tone and wording of the story really let it down.

He is also the author of You Are Here , a book of breathtaking photos taken from space, and The Darkest Dark – his first ever children's picture book. Together they zoom off in their make believe spaceships made out of the bathtub or stay up reading everything about space in bed.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. Astronaut Chris Hadfield (famous for his viral videos from the International Space Station) shares how he was afraid of the dark when he was little. But when Chris watches the first televised moon landing, he discovers that there is a dark out in Space that is much darker than he's used to.