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Books in the Science - Astronomy genre:

Spring Is Here (1945)

A poem and pictures about the joys of spring.

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Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Now It’s Fall (1948)

A poem and pictures about the joys of fall.

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Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Story of Our Calendar (1949)

How our calendar came to be.

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Author(s): Ruth Brindze
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

The Stars: A New Way to See Them (1952)

An easy way to learn the constellations and the bright stars.

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Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

On a Summer Day (1953)

A poem and pictures of the joys of summer.

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Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Find the Constellations (1954)

Based on The Stars: A New Way to See Them, this is a simple method of learning the constellations. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

My Little Golden Book about the Sky (1956)

A primer of astronomy.

Author(s): Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)

The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Best in Children’s Books Volume 22 (1959)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Amateur Scientist (1960)

Originally published in the Amateur Scientist column of Scientific American magazine, these articles describe simple scientific experiments that require little equipment.

Author(s): Clair L. Stong
Illustrator(s): Roger Hayward

Know the Stars (1962)

This is a paperback abridgement of Find the Constellations.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Life Story: The Story of Life on Our Earth From Its Beginning Up to Now (1962)

A story of life on earth from its beginnings up until today.

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Author(s): Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s): Virginia Lee Burton

The Stars: A New Way to See Them: Enlarged World Wide Edition (1962)

This enlarged edition includes those constellations only visible from the southern hemisphere.

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Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Planet Earth (1963)

An illustrated book about geoscience for children.

Author(s): Gerald Ames
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

A Year Is a Window (1963)

A book about the months of the year with poems, flowers and birthstones. Pictures were originally used for the Woman’s Day Magazine calendar.

Author(s): Richard Jackson
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Year Around Book (1965)

A shape board book about the seasons.

Author(s): Helen Jill Fletcher
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Year Round (1965)

An idyll on the changing seasons.

Author(s): Leonard Clark
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Clock Museum (1967)

A history of timekeeping.

Author(s): Ken Sobol
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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