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Children's Nonfiction Astronomy

Planets, The

by (author) Cynthia Pratt Nicolson

illustrated by Bill Slavin

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1999
Category
Astronomy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550747164
    Publish Date
    Sep 1999
    List Price
    $6.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550745122
    Publish Date
    Feb 1998
    List Price
    $14.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 7 to 18
  • Grade: 2 to 12

Description

What is a planet? How do planets move? What would it be like to visit Pluto? The Starting with Space series uses a straightforward question-and-answer format to explain the mysteries of the universe. A unique combination of facts, folklore, simple experiments and hands-on activities that meets the research needs of 7 to 11 year olds. Kids can make an edible solar system, simulate Jupiter's stormy surface, see a photo from the Mars Pathfinder mission and read about the possibility of life on other planets.

About the authors

Cynthia Pratt Nicolson is a teacher and an award-winning children’s author who has written several non-fiction books, including The Stars and The Planets. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.

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Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.

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