Gallagher, Brigid
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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.5 GALOrr, 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 ORRKing, A. S. (Amy Sarig)
Summary: Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffedtiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KINCulley, Betty
Summary: Ten-year-old aspiring geologist Henry Bower investigates the meteorite that crash lands in the hayfield, discovering a rock that will change his family, his town, and even himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CULRoeser, Matt
Summary: Astro, an asteroid that wants nothing more than for his personal outer space to be respected, is hit by a passing satellite and sent on what turns out to be a great adventure from the asteroid belt to Earth. Includes "space facts."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROSRingstad, Arnold
Summary: Offers readers a captivating look into asteroids, meteorites, and comets, complete with vivid photographs and exciting diagrams. Back matter includes an in-depth 'Out of This World' feature that highlights a related topic, a phonetic glossary, resources for further study, and an index. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.5 RINSummary: After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a living nightmare.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE COLSummary: A shower of meteorites produces a glow that blinds anyone that looks at it. Chaos results in the escape of some Triffids: experimental plants that are capable of moving themselves around and attacking people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cheezy Flicks 2005
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI DAYRusch, Elizabeth
Summary: "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big onesyet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: "Quillan Hedgeson, a hedgehog, and Raymond Ratzburg, a rat, are students (and crime solvers) at Elm Tree Elementary school. When a famous local meteorite goes missing, Q and Ray set out to solve the case, using their wits and a series of disguises"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SHAPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: When a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast, and NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars, it's just the start of the adventure for a former CIA operative, technicians, and many others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PREFreedman, Claire.
Summary: "A rollicking, rhyming tale by the creators of Aliens Love Panta Claus returns readers to the outer space universe of the underwear-clad extraterrestrials that finds them combining their unique abilities in wacky ways to keep the world safe"--From publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E FREGrego, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blandford 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.51 GRERoeser, Matt.
Summary: Astro, an asteroid that wants nothing more than for his personal outer space to be respected, is hit by a passing satellite and sent on what turns out to be a great adventure from the asteroid belt to Earth. Includes "space facts."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Roeser 2016Brennecka, Greg
Summary: A noted meteoriticist shows how meteorites have helped build our planet and influenced humanity since the start of civilization. "The Solar System. Dinosaurs. Donkey Kong. What is the missing link? Surprisingly enough, it's meteorites. They explain our past, constructed our present, and could define our future. Impact argues that Earth would be a lifeless, inhospitable piece of rock without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.5 BREGregory, Tim
Summary: "Meteorites have long been seen as portents of fate and messages from the gods, their fiery remains inspiring worship and giving rise to legends that have persisted for millennia. But beyond the lore, meteorites tell an even greater story: that of our solar system. In Meteorite, geologist Tim Gregory shows that beneath the charred crusts of these celestial stones lies a staggering diversity of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.5 GREPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: NASA is designing a probe-raft-which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. A NASA team led by Melissa Shepherd has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI software program to operate the raft autonomously. As the probe is being tested an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PRECussler, Clive.
Summary: Clive Cussler debuted his new series, The Oregon Files, with the incredible adventure of Golden Buddha. Now he follows that triumph with Sacred Stone, a rollicking new tale featuring the enigmatic captain of The Oregon, Juan Cabrillo. In the remote wastes of Greenland, an ancient artifact possessing catastrophic radioactive power is unearthed. But the astounding find puts the world at risk....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSGraham, Ian
Summary: Take a close look at the flying rocks called asteroids and meteorites, and icy comets that fly through space like dusty snowballs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A+, Smart Apple Media 2015
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Summary: "An introduction to asteroids, comets, and meteors, including what they are made of, where they are, and how they interact with other bodies of the solar system"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: QEB Pub. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It all starts with a meteorite falling to earth near Glen Canyon, Arizona. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane and geology teacher Harry Block from Glen Canyon Community College go to investigate. While taking a sample, they discover a slimy blue fluid oozing from the meteorite. Kane finds myriad single-celled life-forms in the fluid, evolving at an incredible rate, even while he's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EVOGonzález, Xelena
Summary: Three girls follow their grandmother into her garden, where they examine her collection of rocks, crystals, shells, and meteorites and learn about the marvels they reveal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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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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Place a hold to request this item.Lee, Sally
Summary: What do giant squids, a possibly cursed diamond, dinosaur bones, and a man made of soap all have in common? These are some of the amazing artifacts at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Take a tour through the museum's collections. Engaging text, graphs, maps, and colorful images help readers discover the stories behind some of these treasured pieces of natural history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2018