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Title details for Your Mission to Mercury by Christine Zuchora-Walske - Available

Your Mission to Mercury

by Christine Zuchora-Walske
Scott Burroughs
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It's time for your mission to Mercury! Jump in your super speedy rocket to explore Mercury's size, atmosphere, temperature, gravity, orbits, Discovery Rupes, and Caloris Basin. Basic solar system facts are brought to life with a focus on what questions scientists are still trying to solve. Each book ends with a section on how scientists discovered the facts that have been presented. Bright, colorful illustrations and straightforward text make this topic accessible for even the youngest astronomer.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Planets (MW)

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 22, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781616418007

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 9781616417406
      • File size: 17839 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.8
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      November 1, 2011

      Gr 2-3-Brief but well stocked with details, these titles invite readers to travel to a planet to explore both its surface and interior or, in the case of Earth, to observe from space. Aside from an awkwardly phrased line in Mercury about how steam "could have turned into liquid and froze into ice," the content is well presented both in main narratives and in closing summaries. Unfortunately, rather than space photos, or at least digital paintings to go with the planets' often tantalizingly described features, the illustrations are all flat, "Dora the Explorer" style cartoons of a multicultural cast of smiling young travelers and their pets zooming through space in retro spacecraft or posing in generic settings.

      Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2012
      In this series, a girl or boy space traveler, accompanied by a pet dog or cat, undertakes a space mission to explore the title planet. The information, though selective, is succinct and easy to understand. Digital cartoon illustrations look 1950s retro-ish. Not a required purchase for libraries, but the format may engage readers to seek out meatier information. Reading list. Glos., ind.

      (Copyright 2012 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.8
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:2

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