Mars
Mars
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Just the Series: New Solar System   

Series and Publisher: New Solar System   

Annotation: How big is Mars? What is it made of? How far is Mars from the Sun? Find answers to these and other questions and discover more about Mars and the solar system.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #31370
Format: Library Binding
Copyright Date: 2008
Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 03/01/08
Pages: 32 pages
ISBN: 1-604-13211-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-604-13211-3
Dewey: 523.43
LCCN: 2007051545
Dimensions: 26 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)

Generally accurate information and numerous captioned photographs and illustrations address the history, geology, and geography of these astronomical subjects. The texts' simple language can lead to confusion rather than clarity about such topics as asteroids and dwarf planets. Several illustrations and some paragraphs appear multiple times across the titles. There are six other spring 2008 books in this series. Websites. Glos., ind.

School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-Though marred by superficial treatment and patchy fact-checking, these introductions make inviting additions to collections for their unusually strong emphasis on Web resources. Each title presents a standard set of basic facts about the planet's discovery, physical structure, moons, and exploration-but opens with an annotated list of 30 relevant Web sites, accessible with a password through a dedicated portal provided by the publisher. Drawn from print as well as electronic sources, Feinstein's texts are dry but factual, though he does not mention missions to Mars that failed or were sponsored by agencies other than NASA. The color illustrations, many of which are unaltered screen shots, are more problematic, including a photo of Europa's surface that is billed as Jupiter's, another photo a few pages later that includes advertisements, and a wildly incorrect date for a painting in Mars. Still, these books should be popular with both interest- and assignment-driven readers, and, as the publisher promises to keep the webliographies up to date for five years, with librarians, too.-John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2009)
School Library Journal
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.
Word Count: 2,945
Reading Level: 5.6
Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.6 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 78721 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:4.2 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q19475
Lexile: 600L
Readers of Mars will enjoy exploring the red planet with this easy-to-read title. The pages offer young minds a chance to discover the red-brown rock found on the planet, as well as its water, ice, and cloud formations.

Excerpted from Mars by Robin Birch
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Readers of Mars will enjoy exploring the "red planet" with this easy-to-read title. The pages offer young minds a chance to discover the red-brown rock found on the planet, as well as its water, ice, and cloud formations.


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