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Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life (No Instructions Required)
Young readers will identify with this creative young person and will question society’s definition of “normal.” A strong choice for most collections.
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Luna: The Science and Stories of Our Moon
An excellent, extensive, and focused look at the moon, perfect for leisure reading or research.
Cosmic Catastrophes: Seven Ways To Destroy a Planet Like Earth
A wild and thought-provoking look at what potential calamities await our planet. A good addition for collections in need of browsables titles on space.
Alien Worlds: Your Guide to Extraterrestrial Life
Gr 4–6—After a brief overview of star life cycles, habitable zones, and how scientists conduct the search for Earth-like planets, the book presents the ecosystems and possible life forms of several imaginary planets...
Space Encyclopedia: A Tour of Our Solar System and Beyond
Gr 7 Up—This factual and beautifully designed overview presents new astronomical information that will enlighten and entice readers...
13 Planets
Gr 4—6—Including remote Eris, Haumea, and Makemake in his count of major and dwarf planets, Aguilar tours the solar system from the Sun out to the Oort Cloud, highlighting such relatively recent discoveries as Saturn's "dark ring" and closing with a quick note about extrasolar planets...
Super Stars
Gr 5-7 Pairing dramatic space art with souped-up prose, Aguilar introduces more than a dozen types of stars and stellar phenomena, from Algol, the "winking demon star," and supernovae ("Boom! There goes the neighborhood") to black holes, brown dwarfs, and planetary nebulae, the "butterflies of the universe...
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