Earth and the inner planets
By: Giles Sparrow
Series: Space travel guides
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780749695774
Subjects: Inner planets; Juvenile literature; Interplanetary voyages; Exploration; Planets; Exploration of outer space
Description: "Meet the planets that are nearest the Sun. These include Mercury, whose surface is blasted by the solar furnace, and Venus, with its thick atmosphere of poisonous gas. We will also visit Mars, with its chasms and volcanoes and, of course, our Earth with its solitary satellite, the Moon."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Primary, intermediate.
Table of contents: title: The local neighbourhood; title: Mercury; title: Venus; title: Volcano world; title: Earth; title: Earth's surface; title: The living planet; title: The moon; title: Cratered surface; title: Mars; title: The Martian landscape; title: Martian weather; title: The asteroid belt.