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Children's Nonfiction Astronomy

Discover Space Rocks

by (author) Cynthia Pratt Nicolson

illustrated by Bill Slavin

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2006
Category
Astronomy, Beginner
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553379010
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $5.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781553379003
    Publish Date
    Feb 2006
    List Price
    $14.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 6 to 8
  • Grade: 1 to 3

Description

A simple but informative look at comets, asteroids and meteorites, and what they can tell us about our place in the solar system. Longer, more complex stories and sentences, more challenging vocabulary, language play and minimal repetition make this a Level 3 first reader.

About the authors

Cynthia Pratt Nicolson is a teacher and an award-winning children’s author who has written several non-fiction books, including The Stars and The Planets. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.

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Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.

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