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1) The planets
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed...
6) Planets
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Offers a detailed look at the heavenly bodies that make up the solar system, describing the eight planets that orbit the Sun, the moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets in the system, and the spacecrafts humans have created to explore the stars.
7) Outer space
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Little Simon edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Now you can become a junior genius with Ken Jennings' first children's series! With this book you'll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers with out-of-this-world facts: Did you know that Mars has a volcano bigger than the state of Arizona? Or that there's a star with a diamond the size of our moon at its core? With great illustrations, cool trivia, and fun quizzes to test your knowledge, this guide will have you on your way to whiz-kid...
8) Moons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young scientist's guide to natural satellites called moons, including how they interact with other elements in the universe and emphasizing how questions and observations can lead to discovery"--
9) Planets
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young scientist's guide to planetary bodies, including how they interact with other elements in the universe and emphasizing how questions and observations can lead to discovery"--
10) Everything space
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the solar system, sharing information on how scientists study space, how stars are born and die, and how astronauts train for space missions.
11) The night sky
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From planets and stars to constellations and meteor showers, readers will discover the amazing sights that can be seen in our night sky in this stellar Level 1 Ready-to-Read"--
12) Oh no, Astro!
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Astro, an asteroid that wants nothing more than for his personal outer space to be respected, is hit by a passing satellite and sent on what turns out to be a great adventure from the asteroid belt to Earth. Includes "space facts."
14) The planets
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Photographs and simple text introduce the planets in our solar system"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths.
16) Dead silence
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Investigating a strange distress signal, Claire Kovalik and her crew discover a luxury space-liner that vanished 20 years prior and board the vessel to find words scrawled in blood, strange movements and whispers in the dark.
20) Blast off
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia and friends volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Amelia Bedelia and her friends learn about the solar system and their place in the universe"--
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