
Our Solar System
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Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this completely updated edition of Our Solar System, as he takes young readers on a fascinating tour through space!
With beautiful full-color photographs and spacecraft images, including many taken by the Mars rovers and Hubble Space Telescope, this nonfiction picture book, a fantastic guide to astronomy for kids, teaches young readers all about the solar system, including the sun, the eight planets, and their moons. Covering all the latest discoveries in space, young astronomers will be over the moon about the fun facts, fascinating science, and incredible photographs. A must-have for every child interested in outer space!
This book includes an author's note, a glossary, an index, and further reading suggestions. An excellent choice for classrooms and homeschooling, Our Solar System is a perfect STEM resource that supports the Common Core State Standards.
Check out these other Seymour Simon books about the universe and space:
- Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Destination: Jupiter
- Destination: Mars
- Destination: Space
- Exoplanets
- Galaxies
- Stars
- The Sun
- The Universe
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Person
Seymour Simon has been called ?the dean of the [children's science book] field? by the New York Times. He has written more than 300 books for young readers and has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature, the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. He and his wife, Liz, live in Columbia County in Upstate New York. You can visit him online at www.seymoursimon.com, where students can post on the ?Seymour Science Blog? and educators can download a free four-page teacher guide to accompany this book, putting it in context with Common Core objectives. Join the growing legion of @seymoursimon fans on Twitter!
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File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Watermark-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
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