You're Aboard Spaceship Earth (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2) - Softcover

Lauber, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064451593 ISBN 13: 9780064451598

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996

Synopsis

The earth is like a spaceship in orbit--it has everything on board that we need to survive: water, food, and air with oxygen. Unlike a space shuttle, Earth is able to renew its resources. Read and find out why Earth is the greatest spaceship to be aboard!

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Lauber is the author of more than sixty-five books for young readers. Many of them are in the field of science, and their range reflects the diversity of her own interests-bats, dolphins, dogs, volcanoes, earthquakes, the ice ages, the Everglades, the planets, earthworms. Two of her books, SEEDS: POP STICK GLIDE and JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS, were nonfiction nominees for The American Book Awards. She was the 1983 winner of The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature.

As well as writing books, Ms. Lauber has been editor of Junior Scholastic, editor-in-chief of Science World, and chief editor, science and mathematics, of The New Book of Knowledge

A graduate of Wellesley College, she is married and lives in Connecticut. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading, and listening to music.

Synopsis:

Explains how life is sustained on Earth through the presence of water, food, and oxygen, and how the planet is different from a spacecraft because it can rejuvenate its supply of these critical resources.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0064451593
• ISBN 13: 9780064451598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Keller Holly