How Mountains Are Made - Brossura

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060245107 ISBN 13: 9780060245108

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1995

Riassunto

An introduction to tectonic theory and the influence of nature on our world describes how continents move on plates across the planet's molten center and how this motion contributes to the formation of mountains.

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L'autore:

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than seventy books for children.  She has written several books in the Let’s Read And Find Out Science series, including:  WHAT LIVES IN A SHELL?, an NSTA/CBC “Outstanding Science Trade Book” and winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s “Best Children’s Book” award; WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF?, a Children’s Book of the Month Club Main Selection; WHAT’S ALIVE?, also named an AAAS “Best Children’s Book”;  HOW MOUNTAINS ARE MADE, an NSTA/CBC “Outstanding Science Trade Book,” DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio “Best Book Award”

Kathleen was a children’s book editor for over ten years before becoming a full-time writer.  When she is not reading, researching, writing, or editing she loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing and curating fossils for her local natural history museums.  She lives in Berkeley, CA.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0060245107
• ISBN 13: 9780060245108
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Disegnatore: Hale James Graham