Ringed Giant: The Planet Saturn

by Nancy Loewen, Jeffrey Yesh (Illustrator)

Overview

Even though they look solid, Saturn's rings are actually made of billions of pieces of rock and ice - some as big as a house! Explore the planet's rings, moons, and more in this book about Saturn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543595826
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Amazing Science: Planets
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	754,600
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children.

Table of Contents

All Ears     4
A Ringed Beauty     6
Saturn's Place in Space     8
A Gas Giant     10
A Windy Planet     12
Days and Years     14
Rings Around the Planet     16
Many Moons     18
Studying Saturn     20
Dense, Denser, Densest     22
Fun Facts     23
Glossary     23
To Learn More     24
Index     24