Author(s): Melanie Chrismer
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 24
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Language: English
Date Published: 2008-03-01
Dimensions: 162.56 x 213.36 x 5.08mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Updated ed.
Illustrations: Illustrations, color

Features:
- Includes vocabulary word hunt with pronunciations, glossary, and index
- Labeled diagrams and timelines
- Beautiful, full-color photographs
- Simple interior design and easy-to-read fonts
- Web sites for further research and information
- Vocabulary preview and review pages plus backmatter pages that invite readers to think further on the study topics
- Fits science curriculum standards for earth & space science and science and technology
What's New:
- Updated illustrations and photos
- Updated art of solar system shows 8 planets and their orbits instead of 9
- New Pluto book includes a list of other dwarf planets, in addition to Pluto, in our solar system
- Updated information on space missions, moons, and planets
- Updated Web sites for further information in backmatter
- Updated indexes