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Stunning photographs and the author’s characteristic clear writing provide introductions to two planets in the solar system. Ages 4-8
Stunning photographs and the author's characteristic clear writing provide introductions to two planets in the solar system. Ages 4-8
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Spectacular full-color photographs. Fascinating...not to be missed.
Spectacular full-color photographs. Fascinating...not to be missed.
[ Read more ]SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, John Peters, New York Public Library
Grade 2-4. What with falling comets and the recent arrival of the Galileo spacecraft, the past decade has been a busy one for the Jovian system. So here’s a timely, thoroughly revised edition of Simon’s 1985 Jupiter (Morrow). It incorporates…
Grade 2-4. What with falling comets and the recent arrival of the Galileo spacecraft, the past decade has been a busy one for the Jovian system. So here's a timely, thoroughly revised edition of Simon's 1985 Jupiter (Morrow). It incorporates recent events and discoveries into a clearly written, dramatically illustrated tour of our largest planet and its four Galilean moons. Most of the first edition's eye-popping photographs have been replaced by even larger, closer views; those that remain look fresh, sharp, and bright. Similarly, the text has been rewritten, rearranged, and enhanced with plenty of new information about the impact of the Shoemaker-Levy comet, visible changes between the Voyager flybys in the late '70s and Galileo's observations, and the descent of Galileo's probe into the wild Jovian atmosphere. Expertly balancing the verbal and visual presentation, Simon again demonstrates his ability to inform and entertain simultaneously.
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