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Solar system by the numbers : a book of infographics / Steve Jenkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jenkins, Steve, By the numbers ; Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 39 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781328850973
  • 1328850978
  • 9781328850980
  • 1328850986
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What's in our solar system? -- Our star -- What is an eclipse? -- Circling the Sun -- How big are the planets? -- The inner planets -- The outer planets -- Earth's moon -- Other solar system moons -- Asteroids -- Comets -- Gravity -- Solar system weather -- Solar system discoveries -- Exploration -- Animals in space -- Solar system oceans -- Danger from space -- Is there life elsewhere in the solar system?
Summary: "Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascinating topic of solar systems. Explore the galaxy that surrounds our planet through astounding numbers, facts, and figures. With Steve Jenkins's signature art style, his By the Numbers reader series explores the most fascinating fields of nature and natural science. These readers are fact-packed and run the gamut from dinosaurs to dwarf planets, detailing the astonishing phenomena that make our universe such an incredible place to live and learn. Each title uses engaging graphics and visual literacy to convey scientific facts and concepts, making them accessible for all kinds of new readers."--Amazon.com.
List(s) this item appears in: Lunar Eclipse and the Moon
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 523.2 J52 Available 33111009772845
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 523.2 J52 Available 33111010443246
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 523.2 J52 Available 33111009026895
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

By the Numbers infographic readers, accessible nonfiction packed with full-color cut-paper illustrations from Caldecott honor-winning Steve Jenkins. Solar Systems focuses on ever-astonishing outer space.



Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascinating topic of solar systems. Explore the galaxy that surrounds our planet through astounding numbers, facts, and figures.



With Steve Jenkins's signature art style, his By the Numbers reader series explores the most fascinating fields of nature and natural science. These readers are fact-packed and run the gamut from dinosaurs to dwarf planets, detailing the astonishing phenomena that make our universe such an incredible place to live and learn. Each title uses engaging graphics and visual literacy to convey scientific facts and concepts, making them accessible for all kinds of new readers.

"A book of infographics."

Includes bibliographical references (page 39).

What's in our solar system? -- Our star -- What is an eclipse? -- Circling the Sun -- How big are the planets? -- The inner planets -- The outer planets -- Earth's moon -- Other solar system moons -- Asteroids -- Comets -- Gravity -- Solar system weather -- Solar system discoveries -- Exploration -- Animals in space -- Solar system oceans -- Danger from space -- Is there life elsewhere in the solar system?

"Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascinating topic of solar systems. Explore the galaxy that surrounds our planet through astounding numbers, facts, and figures. With Steve Jenkins's signature art style, his By the Numbers reader series explores the most fascinating fields of nature and natural science. These readers are fact-packed and run the gamut from dinosaurs to dwarf planets, detailing the astonishing phenomena that make our universe such an incredible place to live and learn. Each title uses engaging graphics and visual literacy to convey scientific facts and concepts, making them accessible for all kinds of new readers."--Amazon.com.

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