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Stargazers

Tells what stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations were named, how telescopes are used to study stars, and more.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbons, Gail (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, 1992.
Subjects:	Astronomy > Juvenile nonfiction. Astronomy > Observers' manuals, Juvenile. Stars > Observers' manuals, Juvenile. Stars > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Tells what stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations were named, how telescopes are used to study stars, and more.
Physical Description:	32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
ISBN:	9780823415076 0823415074 9780823409839 082340983X
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)