Nearest to the Sun: The Planet Mercury (Amazing Science: Planets) - Softcover

Nancy Loewen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1404839631 ISBN 13: 9781404839632

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2008

Synopsis

Mercury is the smallest planet, but it has the biggest craters, the biggest temperature swings, and the biggest sunrises in the solar system. Explore the planet's many wonders in this book about Mercury.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children.

Review:

With its large square pages and poster-bright pictures, the Amazing Science: Planet series is designed to have maximum visual appeal for young space explorers. It largely succeeds, presenting quite a bit of information about each planet in nine double-p --Children's Literature Comprehensive Database

About this edition

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1404839631
• ISBN 13: 9781404839632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Jeff Yesh