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Books in Exploring the Universe series

  • Far Planets

    Robin Kerrod

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Provides information on the physical makeup, surface features, and moons of the five planets farthest from the sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
    Y
  • Story of the Earth

    Stuart Malin

    Hardcover (Eagle Books, Nov. 30, 1990)
    None
  • Traveling in Space

    Becklake

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Oct. 1, 1996)
    Surveys space exploration, focusing on the flights of rockets, satellites, and probes, and the possibility of living in space cities
    V
  • Discovering The Planets - Pbk

    Jacqueline Mitton

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Describes the sun's family of planets, moons, and comets based on information from space probes
    Q
  • Discovering the Planets

    Jacqueline Mitton

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1991)
    Describes the sun's family of planets, moons, and comets based on information from space probes
    P
  • The Amazing Universe

    Lauren Kukla

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2016)
    Climb Aboard! Explore the beginning of the universe, the big bang theory, galaxies, and black holes! Learn about key astronomers and their contributions to space exploration! Examine the Hubble Space Telescope and the Large Hadron Collider! See an infographic showing a timeline of the universe! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of black holes complete your journey. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Observing the Sky

    Carole Stott

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1991)
    Presents tips on how to view stars, planets, eclipses, comets, and meteors, and discusses how astronomers use telescopes to study the sky
    Q
  • The Story of the Universe

    David Hughes

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1991)
    Discusses the beginning, components, movement, age, and possible future of the universe.
    V
  • The Sun

    Heather C Hudak

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2016)
    Climb Aboard! Explore how the sun was formed! Investigate spots, flares, and solar wind! Meet early astronomers working to understand the sun! Examine the sun, the moon, Earth, and gravity! Learn about solar observatories! See an infographicshowing the sun's layers! Did You Know? fact boxes and a Guidebook of facts about the sun complete your journey.Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
    X
  • Story of the Earth

    Stuart Malin

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1991)
    Describes the earth's birth, life forms, air, water, seasons, moving continents, interior, and future.
    M
  • Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids

    Lauren Kukla

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2016)
    Climb Aboard! Explore the difference between meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid! Investigate comet composition and development and their observation through history! Learn about asteroids! Learn about key astronomers tools such as telescopes and the Deep Impact spacecraft! See an infographic showing a comet's orbit! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of Near Earth Objects complete your journey. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Planets

    Lauren Kukla

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2016)
    Climb Aboard! Explore planets and how they are formed! Meet early astronomers and read about early astronomy! Investigate telescopes, satellites, rovers, and probes! Learn about different planets: terrestrial, gas, ice giants, dwarf, and exoplanets! See an infographic showing the solar system! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of planets in our solar system complete your journey. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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