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Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"The Sun never stops working to keep things on Earth running smoothly. (That's why it's been Employee of the Month for 4.5 billion years.) So why does the Sun get to be center of attention? Because it's our solar system's very own star! This funny and factual picture book from Awkward Yeti creator Nick Seluk explains every part of the Sun's big job: keeping our solar system together, giving Earth day and night, keeping us warm, and more. In fact,...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
5) Dead silence
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Publisher
Nightfire/Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed--made obsolete--when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate. What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and...
7) 2312
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English
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"The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. The first event takes place on Mercury, on the city of Terminator, itself a miracle of engineering...
10) The planets
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Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.
12) Astronomy
Author
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Examines the current status of the field of astronomy, the origins and features of the universe, and how it functions, including recent work and new technological developments, and discusses noted individuals and controversial issues.
13) Planets
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the basic elements of the solar system with over 25 hands-on building projects and activities. Learn about the sun, the planets and their moons, meteors and comets, and the amazing tools that astronomers and astronauts have used to study the solar system over the years.
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English
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Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common--clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him. His day is 7 minutes longer! He is home to the largest volcano...
17) The solar system
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Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Our solar system is full of planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Let's explore our solar system and Earth's place in it.
18) Jupiter
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Series
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Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explores the planet Jupiter and looks at its physical characteristics, history, and what the future might hold.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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...
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors--Venus with its acid rainstorms, Saturn and its rings of ice, and the heart of it all, the Sun. Humans have always been fascinated by outer space and we're learning more about our solar system every day. Did you know that our Solar System was born from a cloud of cosmic dust? That Jupiter's red spot is really a raging storm? Join Sara, Jill, and their space-faring pets on a quest to learn more...
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