Nearest to the Sun: The Planet Mercury

by Nancy Loewen, Jeffrey Yesh (Illustrator)

Overview

Mercury is the smallest planet, but it has the biggest craters, the biggest temperature swings, and the biggest sunrises in the solar system. Explore the planet's many wonders in this book about Mercury.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781404839540
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	Amazing Science: Planets Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	IG790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children.

Table of Contents

A strange sunrise — The fastest planet — Spinning slowly — A bare planet — Hot and cold — The smallest planet — Crater city — A big hole — Much to discover.