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Our Solar System by Lawrence Lorimer, Peter D. Riley, Jeremy Pyke, Nick Hawken β€” book cover

Our Solar System

by Lawrence Lorimer, Peter D. Riley, Jeremy Pyke, Nick Hawken
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See-through windows in Our Solar System transport kids from the blazing sun to distant, icy Pluto . . . and beyond. Information bars at the top of each page highlight important facts, while stunning illustrations and photographs make the complicated aspects of space fun and accessible. The foreword is provided by NASA.

The Windows on Science series opens a window into the natural and scientific world for young readers through the use of painted windows that dramatically reveal, page by page, the wonders of the physical and natural world.

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Children's Literature - Judy Katsh

Transparencies showing the planets of our solar system are the focus of this Reader's Digest Young Families book which is part of a "See-Through" series of informative books about topics that intrigue young readers. The transparencies, which each show a planet and collectively show the solar system, are encased in heavy, almost board-weight pages that increase the durability of the book. The information is presented in both narrative and fact-file fashion accompanied by a variety of illustrations and graphics in addition to the transparencies. While there's nothing new or startlingly unique about this book, it is a compact introduction to the planets with slightly more information than you'd expect in a young readers' resource book. 1998, (orig.

Book Details

Published
July 1, 1998
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pages
16
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781575842448

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