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Summary: An imaginary journey to Mars provides facts about the planet's year, atmosphere, size, gravity and geography, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if they were to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.43 COSLawrence, Ellen
Summary: "Young readers will learn all about space."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.45 LAWCohn, Jessica
Summary: From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered 'What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. For so long, our neighbor in the solar system has been shrouded in mystery. Was there ever life on Mars? How can we enable astronauts to land on that planet—and return safely? Mars rovers, including the latest: Perseverance, may just provide the answers! They might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 COHDe la Rosa, Jeff
Summary: "A volume explaining engineer William "Red" Whittaker's plan to develop robots designed to explore the unknown caves on the moon and Mars"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.43 DE LSummary: "An introduction to Mars for primary and intermediate grade students with information about its features and exploration. Includes charts and diagrams, a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.43 MARBaker, David
Summary: "Inside the space mission of the Mars Rover"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2018
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1 available in Lobby Display, Call number: YA 629 BAKGolusky, Jackie
Summary: "Beginning readers get a close-up look at the coolest facts and science about Mars. The latest scientific discoveries and space missions are discussed in this accessible and energetic text"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.43 GOLMorton, Oliver.
Summary: Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world of the new generation of explorers: geologists, scientists, astrophysicists and dreamers. Morton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.43 MORHo, Richard
Summary: Describes the important jobs the rover Curiosity conducts on the inhospitable surface of Mars, from looking for water to sending back information to Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOMiller, Ron
Summary: Discusses some of the information sent back from "Curiosity," the Mars Rover, including pictures of the Martian landscape, traces of water in Martian soil, and the key chemicals necessary for life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TFCB, Twenty-First Century Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.43 MILSommer, Nathan
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Mars. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.43 SOMMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common--clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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Summary: Introduces the past missions to Mars, describes the characteristics of Mars and explains how scientists might explore Mars in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.43 WARBell, Jim
Summary: Presents the harsh landscape of the Red Planet through 3-D and color images from the robotic explorers Spirit and Opportunity; provides a close-up look a the Martian rocks, craters, valleys, and other geologic configurations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.43 BELHaugen, David M.
Summary: Discusses the scientific aspects of the planet Mars, including its topographical make-up and the possibility that it may contain water and living things.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.43 HAUMcGowan, James
Summary: An interplanetary detective, Opportunity, aka Oppy, shares her adventures on the Red Planet, taking thousands of pictures and making groundbreaking discoveries that she transmits back to Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCGDick, Steven J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.839 DICGoldsmith, Donald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.839 GOLKnight, M. J. (Mary-Jane)
Summary: "Describes the planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) and their place in the solar system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Bear Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523 KNIWeinersmith, Kelly
Summary: "Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no Twitter--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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Summary: "A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-old obsession with this seemingly desolate planet. Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 JOHRusch, Elizabeth.
Summary: The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.43 RUSBurroughs, Edgar Rice
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2012