Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1515873153
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515891496
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Pedro is working on a school report about the planet Mars. During his research he imagines living on the red planet. Is he a good enough rock climber to live on the rocky surface there? Would he be able to live without ice cream? Will Pedro's big imagination lead him to Mars or will he decide that Earth is the planet for him?

Author: Fran Manushkin
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Languages : en
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Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1515872688
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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"Pedro loves going out an having fun with his friends and family. From an imaginary adventure on Mars to a wild hike with his dad, Pedro always has an awesome time when he's on the go."--Back cover.

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1515872696
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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Pedro loves going out and having fun with his friends and family. From a wild hike with his dad to an imaginary adventure to Mars with his classmates, Pedro always has an awesome time when he's on the go!

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515800970
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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In this e-book, a school assignment has Pedro collecting bugs, bugs, and more bugs! But what happens when his brother Paco lets them all out?

Author: Sarah Stewart Johnson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1101904828
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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“Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams WINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD FOR SCIENCE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Times (UK) • Library Journal “Lovely . . . Johnson’s prose swirls with lyrical wonder, as varied and multihued as the apricot deserts, butterscotch skies and blue sunsets of Mars.”—Anthony Doerr, The New York Times Book Review 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 Elysium, and Mare Sirenum—on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science. In this beautifully observed, deeply personal book, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own. Johnson’s fascination with Mars began as a child in Kentucky, turning over rocks with her father and looking at planets in the night sky. She now conducts fieldwork in some of Earth’s most hostile environments, such as the Dry Valleys of Antarctica and the salt flats of Western Australia, developing methods for detecting life on other worlds. Here, with poetic precision, she interlaces her own personal journey—as a female scientist and a mother—with tales of other seekers, from Percival Lowell, who was convinced that a utopian society existed on Mars, to Audouin Dollfus, who tried to carry out astronomical observations from a stratospheric balloon. In the process, she shows how the story of Mars is also a story about Earth: This other world has been our mirror, our foil, a telltale reflection of our own anxieties and yearnings. Empathetic and evocative, The Sirens of Mars offers an unlikely natural history of a place where no human has ever set foot, while providing a vivid portrait of our quest to defy our isolation in the cosmos.

Author: Jimmy Buffett
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759512922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419

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Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1515844501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Pedro and his father go on a hike in the woods--where it turns out that Pedro knows a lot more about the plants and animals then his father does, but they both have fun anyway.

Author: Fran Manushkin
Publisher: Picture Window Books
ISBN: 1515844528
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Pedro and his dad are off on an adventure in the woods. Dad can't wait to show Pedro how to survive in the wild. But Pedro is a lot better at climbing rocks, tracking animals, and identifying plants than his dad is. Does Pedro even need his dad out in the woods?