Curious About Snow - Smithsonian

Informationen zum Autor Gina Shaw is a writer and editor who also teaches children’s book writing at Hofstra University. She is the author of the Smithsonian/Penguin Young Readers  Welcome, Bao Bao and The Buzz on Insects . She lives in East Meadow, New York. Klappentext Snowflakes are falling-and this cool new 8 x 8 in the Smithsonian nonfiction line tells young readers why! When does it snow? Why is snow white? How do we know no two snowflakes are alike? (Hint: the proof is in the photographs, first made in the 1890s!) With full-color photographs and the Smithsonian's famous Wilson Bentley snowflake photos, this new Curious About title looks at the science behind snow, and the history of record-setting blizzards and snowstorms-plus how people have fun in the snow! Zusammenfassung Snowflakes are falling—and this cool new 8 x 8 in the Smithsonian nonfiction line tells young readers why! When does it snow? Why is snow white? How do we know no two snowflakes are alike? (Hint: the proof is in the photographs, first made in the 1890s!) With full-color photographs and the Smithsonian’s famous Wilson Bentley snowflake photos, this new Curious About title looks at the science behind snow, and the history of record-setting blizzards and snowstorms—plus how people have fun in the snow!

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gina Shaw
• Edition: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: 6 à 8 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780448490182
• ISBN: 978-0-448-49018-2
• Pages: 32
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 200 mm x 5 mm
• Thèmes: Smithsonian; Smithsonian
• Catégorie: Livres pour enfants et adolescents > Littérature spécialisée (texte ou images) > Animaux, plantes, nature, environnement