Dmitri the Astronaut facts for kids
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| Author | Jon Agee |
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| Illustrator | Jon Agee |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
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1996 |
| ISBN | 0-06-205074-5 |
Dmitri the Astronaut is a 1996 children's book written and illustrated by Jon Agee. The book follows an astronaut named Dmitri who returns to Earth after two and a half years on the Moon to find that no one remembers him.
Plot
An American astronaut named Dmitri splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after spending two and a half years on the Moon. He is picked up by the cruise ship S.S. Knickerbocker and sails to New York City, but quickly realizes that no one remembers him. Dmitri visits the Museum of Intergalactic Exploration, where he is so discouraged by the neglected state of the museum's Moon exhibit that he tosses his collection of Moon rocks into a trash can in Central Park. Dmitri does not know that his friend Lulu, a small pink creature he found on the Moon, hid inside the bag of rocks before Dmitri took off for Earth. Dr. Geoffrey W. Beaton, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, finds Lulu in the park and takes the creature to the Academy of Science. The following day, Dmitri finds Lulu at the Academy, where the creature has covered the walls with crayon drawings of Dmitri in his space suit. Dmitri is finally recognized by Dr. Beaton, and Dmitri and Lulu are hailed as heroes.
