His work is a blend of traditional and contemporary techniques, using ink or graphite mixed with digital.

Most of them are nighttime double-page spreads, perfect for showing off the lush, dark shading, and moon, lights, and eyes that appear to really glow. 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. His TED talk has been viewed over four million times and he judged the BBC TV series Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?It's 1969, and Chris's parents tell him that if he can't stay in his own bed, he won't be able to go watch the moon landing on the neighbor's TV the following evening. Teaching children to face their fears; to not fear the dark for it holds much wonder and beauty; and to never give up on their dreams. The illustrations of the book were beautiful, the children loved looking at them and pointing out different space items hiding in the background.

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. I liked the biographical information at the end, but the illustrative tone and wording of the story really let it down.It’s a special feeling that somebody has gone to the effort of choosing it and it has been put together with you in mind. A young boy dreams of space but fears the dark in this engaging picture-book autobiography from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, co-written with Kate Fillion and illustrated by the fabulously talented Fan brothers. Chris tries really hard to sleep in his own room, but he’s petrified of aliens getting him in the dark. Young Chris is afraid of the dark until he sees the Eagle land on the moon and is moved by the beauty of space.