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"Below-freezing temperatures, scorching heat, and storms bigger than the planet Earth are just some of the wild weather you will encounter on your trip through the solar system! Get your fun facts along with your forecast for each major planet, as well as a moon (Titan) and a dwarf planet (Pluto)"--Provided by publisher.
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[2008]
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"Our Earth is part of a fascinating planetary family: eight planets and an odd bunch of other solar system bodies that spin, roll, tilt, blow and whirl around the Sun. Here, to the tune of 'Over in the Meadow,' young ones can get a glimpse of our remarkable neighborhood"--Provided by publisher.
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Big deal volume 1
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A "picture book from Awkward Yeti creator Nick Seluk [that] explains every part of the Sun's big job: keeping our solar system together, giving Earth day and night, keeping us warm, and more"--
6) Solar system
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[2009]
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Introduces the solar system and the specific characteristics of its planets.
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"We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock, or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale it is. But, seen in a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events - for example, did you know that Saturn's moon, Titan, boasts lakes which contain liquid methane surrounded by soaring hills and valleys, exactly as the earth did before life evolved on our fragile planet? Or...
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[2010]
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Take off beyond Earth's boundaries for the ultimate tour of our solar system. From Mars' monstrous mountains to Saturn's glittering rings, the sights are out of this world. Each hour offers breathtaking tours of the planets using modern-day high-tech telescopes and stunning CGI.
13) Earth
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The third planet from the Sun, Earth is the only planet known to support life. Nicknamed the "Blue Planet," Earth has a unique mix of air, water, and land unlike anything else scientists have seen on other planets.
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[2013]
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Readers will find out about the other planets that scientists have discovered through accessible text, fact boxes, and photographs. They will be introduced to scientific tools including the Kepler telescope, which has assisted in locating many planets outside of our solar system.
18) Mars
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Learn basic facts about the planet Mars and its place in the solar system.
20) Our solar system
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Takes readers on an interplanetary tour from the sun to the ever-mysterious Mars, and then, thanks to the Voyager missions, to the planets beyond.
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