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Publisher Annotation: Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons...

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Main Author: Gibbons, Gail (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2023]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Gibbons, Gail. Explore the world with Gail Gibbons.
Subjects:
Galaxies > Juvenile nonfiction.
Astronomy > Juvenile nonfiction.
Science > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Milky Way > Juvenile nonfiction.
Creative nonfiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
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Summary:Publisher Annotation: Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader on a journey light-years away.
Item Description:"New and updated."
Physical Description:32 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
ISBN:9780823455775
0823455777
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.

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