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The planets

Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbons, Gail (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2023]
Edition:	New and updated, Fifth edition.
Series:	Gibbons, Gail. Explore the world with Gail Gibbons.
Subjects:	Planets > Juvenile nonfiction. Solar system > Juvenile nonfiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.
Physical Description:	32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm.
ISBN:	9780823455782 0823455785
Author Notes:	Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. (Bowker Author Biography)