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Part of a set of books launched to the International Space Station through NASA’s Story Time from Space program, read aloud by astronauts for children around the world   Written in the first person with the viewpoint of a narrator who represents the human race throughout history, I, Humanity tells...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Could there be other planets in the universe similar to those in our solar system? Yes! Scientists have discovered worlds circling distant stars. They call these objects exoplanets....

Our solar system’s largest planet is huge enough that all of the system’s other planets could fit inside it. Although Jupiter has been known since ancient times, scientists are still learning exciting new information about the planet and its satellites today. In fact, several of its moons are now...

Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: The SunChapter 2: Some Planet BasicsChapter 3: MercuryChapter 4: VenusChapter 5: EarthChapter 6: MarsChapter 7: JupiterChapter 8: SaturnChapter 9: UranusChapter 10: NeptuneChapter 11: PlutoChapter 12: Interesting FactsConclusion:Sources:Author BioPublisherIntroductionSpace,...

You'll learn something new about this huge universe of ours every time you turn the page in The Know-Nonsense Guide to Space.  Start by learning about the different planets in our solar system, all the way from Mercury to Neptune (and even dwarf planet Pluto!). Then reach out further and discover...

Introduce beginning readers to basic familiar vocabulary including family, mother, father, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, and pets through vibrant images and informational text.

Children will be inspired to tell their own stories with this wordless book, filled with engaging, colorful images that show the wonder of our solar system.

Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader on a journey light-years away.

Au revoir, Pluto! In this beloved revised classic, beginning readers and budding astronomers are launched on a wild trip to visit the eight planets in our solar system (per the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 decision to downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet), along with the Cat...

Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this completely updated edition of Our Solar System, as he takes young readers on a fascinating tour through space! With beautiful full-color photographs and spacecraft images, young readers will learn all about the beginning of the solar system,...

An out-of-this-world exploration of the 1969 Moon landing from children’s science expert Seymour Simon! In July of 1969, NASA sent the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the Moon. Inside were three people: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. They went into lunar orbit a few days later....

Blast off and explore the star of our solar system—the Sun! Billions of stars fill the universe. But for humans, the most important star is the one closest to Earth—the Sun. From vitamin D to solar energy, the Sun provides the power necessary to sustain life on our planet. And as the center...

"Hi, I’m Earth! But you can call me Planet Awesome." Prepare to learn all about Earth from the point-of-view of Earth herself! In this funny yet informative book, filled to the brim with kid-friendly facts, readers will discover key moments in Earth’s life, from her childhood...

Discover the amazing features of Jupiter with its gaseous clouds and awesome moons. Find out about probes that have been sent there and the scientists' theories about what the information sent back has revealed. Level 2 DK Readers are for children who have started to read alone, but still need...