Orr, Tamra
Summary: "Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. I See Falling Stars offers answers to their most compelling questions about meteors. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523 ORRKingston, Seth
Summary: "Shooting stars aren't actually stars-they're meteors! When a meteoroid, or space rock, enters Earth's atmosphere, it creates the streak of light called a meteor. Readers learn how meteors form, what meteor showers are, what meteorites are, and more. Fact boxes provide readers with additional fun information, while detailed diagrams and a graphic organizer depict the information presented in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.5 KINDickmann, Nancy
Summary: Asteroids, meteors, and comets are just a few of the interesting things that exist in what we know as space. Readers will learn all about these amazing, often rocky or icy, objects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.44 DICMarsh, Carole.
Summary: Describes the properties and observations of comets, meteors, and asteroids and explores how scientists use these phenomena to learn more about the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.4 MARMan, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.6 MANBone, Neil
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Publishing Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.5 BONGreenland, Shannon
Summary: The summer before seventh grade, five best friends sneak out to watch a meteor shower, but soon find themselves on the run from a violent mountain clan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 0000
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1 available in Juvenile Book Club Kit, Call number: YOUTH BOOK CLUB KIT FIC GREDevera, Czeena
Summary: "The My Guide to the Solar System series takes readers on a trip through our solar system and beyond! In this book, meet a meteor and learn what makes them special. Through simple sentences, emerging readers will learn technical facts and develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and an author biography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space DeveraKukla, Lauren
Summary: Climb Aboard! Explore the difference between meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid! Investigate comet composition and development and their observation through history! Learn about asteroids! Learn about key astronomers tools such as telescopes and the Deep Impact spacecraft! See an infographic showing a comet's orbit! Did You Know? facts and a Guidebook of Near Earth Objects complete your journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library 2017
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Summary: Learn about the history of meteor shower discoveries and how technology helps scientists study meteor showers today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2018
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Summary: This is a complete guide to selecting, installing, and tuning forced-induction fuel/air systems. Everything involved with these systems will be covered, including assessing power goals, component selection, engine preparation, tools, installation procedures, tuning, vehicle modifications, driveability, and sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MBI 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.253 DAVRao, Joe.
Summary: "Did you know that comets are sometimes called "hairy stars?" Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky"--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE RAOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JSpace RaoHarrison, James.
Summary: Explores space including planets, galaxies, the universe, stars, meteors and comets, and space exploration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2012
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Summary: All the information you need to: modify pistons, cranks and connecting rods; use precision tools; prepare components; compute compression; assemble cylinder heads; and degree a camshaft; plus hundreds of informative assembly tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cartech 1997
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Summary: « In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem. Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press, [2018] 2018
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Summary: Volume packed full of information that illuminates key astronomical concepts along side the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.8 FAZCarter, Arlan.
Summary: The American Rowboat Motor covers the development of the outboard motor between the 1890's and the 1920's. During this relatively short time, the country saw remarkable technological advances in communications and transportation. The telephone kept us connected, the radio kept us informed, and we went from a horse drawn society to a motorized one, all in the span of thirty short years. Marine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Fall Creek Trading Co.] 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.87 CARStimac, Valerie
Summary: "Discover the best stargazing destinations around the world with Lonely Planet. This comprehensive companion includes guides to 35 dark-sky sites and national parks, where to see the aurora, the next decade of total solar eclipses and how to view rocket launches, plus the lowdown on commercial space flight"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 STISummary: A compilation of topics culled from Discover magazine's popular column is augmented by background material and illuminates a variety of scientific interests, from meteors and lab accidents to bees and caffeine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MiscDiscover'sDickinson, Terence.
Summary: A reference guide to the stars, galaxies, and planets that are visible in the night sky from North America and the Southern hemisphere. Includes star charts, diagrams, and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 520 DICMortillaro, Nicole
Summary: "2023 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. This in-depth guide first introduces readers to the objects in the sky -- from stars, to comets, to globular clusters -- and then takes them through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 MOROseid, Kelsey.
Summary: An illustrated guide to the heavens combines the myths, historic significance, and various interpretations of objects seen in the night sky, including the recognized constellations, meteors, eclipses, planets, and moons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 OSEKerrod, Robin
Summary: Provides an in-depth, comprehensive look at the universe with a unique integration of words and pictures. Topics covered include: black holes, galaxies, the solar system, asteroids, meteors, meterorites, stars, quasars and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 520 KERHinderaker, Eric.
Summary: "In September 1755, the most famous Indian in the world - a Mohawk leader known in English as King Hendrick - died in the Battle of Lake George. He was fighting the French in defense of British claims to North America, and his death marked the end of an era in Anglo-Iroquois relations. He was not the first Mohawk of that name to attract international attention. Half a century earlier, another...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2010