Betsy Maestro
Betsy Maestro is the author of the "American Story" series, illustrated by her husband, Giulio. She has also written several other non-fiction picture books, including the Let's-Read-And-Find-Out science books How Do Apples Grow? and Why Do ... [... more]
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Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is host of the Caltech public lecture series, a contributing editor to and monthly columnist of Scientific American, the publisher of Skeptic magazine, and the author of several science books. He lives in Altadena, California. The ... [... more]
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Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
Franklyn M. Branley was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium. In 1960, he originated the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Dr. Branley was the author of over 150 science books for children. [... more]
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Stacey Schuett has illustrated many popular picture books including the Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book Day Light, Night Light: Where Light Comes From by Franklyn M. Branley and which she also wrote. [... more]
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Wendy Pfeffer
Wendy Pfeffer devotes her time to writing and conducting workshops on creative writing. Her other books include the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science books From Tadpole to Frog and Sounds All Around, both illustrated by Holly Keller, and Dolphin ... [... more]
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Lynda DeWitt
Carolyn Croll is the author/illustrator of several books for children and has illustrated numerous other titles, including another Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book, Switch On, Switch Off by Mel Berger. She lives in Philadelphia. [... more]
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Lucia Washburn
Lucia Washburn has illustrated several Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science books, including Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? as well as Look to the North, by Jean Craighead George. She lives in Petaluma, California. [... more]
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Fran Hodgkins
Fran Hodgkins is the author of The Orphan Seal, winner of the Henry Bergh Children's Book Award, presented by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This is Fran Hodgkins's first Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book. She ... [... more]
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Seymour Simon
Seymour Simon has been called "the dean of the [children's science book] field" by the New York Times. He has written more than 200 books for young readers and is the recipient of the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in [... more]
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Penny van Oosterzee
Penny Van Oosterzee has twice won Australia's prestigious Eureka Science Book Prize, and is the author of Dragon Bones: The Story of Peking Man and Where Worlds Collide: The Wallace Line. [... more]
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Marshall Brain
Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works A delight for the casual reader, yet so complete and wide-ranging that science buffs and students will welcome it, The Science Book encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one ... [... more]
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Carl Sagan
The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical ... [... more]
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