Children's Nonfiction Astronomy
Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1999
- Category
- Astronomy
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550745801
- Publish Date
- Sep 1999
- List Price
- $6.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550745788
- Publish Date
- Sep 1999
- List Price
- $14.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Long ago, people observed comets, asteroids and meteorites with wonder and fear. What were these unusual rocks that dropped from the sky, strange lights that flashed and glowed, and craters that dented the ground? Today scientists continue their quest to learn more about these amazing -- and sometimes dangerous -- space rocks. The sixth book in the popular Starting with Space series features NASA photos of these space phenomena, including close-up glimpses from space probes such as Galileo.
About the authors
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson is a teacher and an award-winning children’s author who has written several non-fiction books, including The Stars and The Planets. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.
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Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.
