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Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
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Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common--clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him. His day is 7 minutes longer! He is home to the largest volcano...
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Sun: "Meet Sun: He's a star! And not just any star--he's one in a billion. He lights up our solar system and makes life possible. With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Sun in this next celestial "autobiography." Rich with kid-friendly facts and beautifully illustrated, this is an equally charming and irresistible companion to Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years."--Amazon.com.
Moon: "A light-hearted nonfiction picture...
8) Planets
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Explores the planets in our solar system, their history, names, and geographical information.--
10) The sun
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Offers an introduction to the Sun that looks at what it is, its origins, its structure, the light it produces, its characteristics, the history of its study, and its gravity.
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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. -- Publisher's website.
14) Stars
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Offers an introduction to stars that looks at what they are, how they are born, how they die, how people have studied them, and how scientists measure their distance from Earth.
15) The moon
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Offers an introduction to the Moon that looks at its orbit, its phases, its origins, its exploration, its atmosphere, its geology, its sides, and eclipses.
20) The sun
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"Did you know that without the sun there could be no Earth? Blast off with Rocket, your tour guide, to learn fascinating facts about the sun" -- Back cover.