Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Forbes, Scott, author.

Title How to make a planet : a step-by-step guide to building the Earth / written by Scott Forbes ; illustrated by Jean Camden.

Publication Info. Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2014.
©2012

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 550 FORBES    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J550 FOR    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J523.18 FORBES    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 550 FORBES    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J550 F    DUE 02-23-23 Billed
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 550 FORBES    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J 550 FOR    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J550 FO    DUE 09-16-19 Billed
Edition Kids Can Press edition
Description 64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note Originally published: Sydney : WeldonOwen, ©2012.
Includes index.
Contents So, you want to make a planet? -- Way to go! -- Step 1: begin with a bang! -- Step 2: start your clocks -- Step 3: bring on the stars -- Step 4: whip up some planets -- Step 5: bake to perfection -- Step 6: add a little atmosphere -- Step 7: shift and shape -- Step 8: check for signs of life -- Step 9: apply the finishing touches -- Step 10: Care for your planet -- Amazing facts.
Summary "As you read these pages, you'll speed through the 13.7 billion years that went into making the incredible, life-sustaining, one-in-a-billion planet we call home. You'll also learn about some of the amazing stuff that came about along the way: exploding supergiant stars, gassy planet burps, massive millipedes, ferocious dinosaurs and even a meteoric extinction. Are your ready? Let's get cooking!"--From the publisher's description.
Subject Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Camden, Jean, illustrator.
ISBN 9781894786881 (bound)
1894786882 (bound)
-->
Add a Review