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Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth

Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth - Hardcover

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm
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Availability:In StockContributor:Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm, Molly Bang (Illustrator)Series:SunlightAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2014-09-30Pages:48
Language:EnglishPublisher:Blue Sky Press (AZ)ISBN-13:9780545577854ISBN-10:545577853UPC:9780545577854Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & NatureBook Topic:Earth Sciences, Biology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionSize:11.20 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7Y2H9AF9
Acclaimed Caldecott Artist Molly Bang teams up with award-winning M.I.T. professor Penny Chisholm to present the fascinating, timely story of fossil fuels.

What are fossil fuels, and how did they come to exist? This engaging, stunning book explains how coal, oil, and gas are really "buried sunlight," trapped beneath the surface of our planet for millions and millions of years.Now, in a very short time, we are digging them up and burning them, changing the carbon balance of our planet's air and water. What does this mean, and what should we do about it?Using simple language and breathtaking paintings, Bang and Chisholm present a clear, concise explanation of the fossil-fuel energy cycle that began with the sun and now runs most of our transportation and energy use in our world.Readers will be mesmerized by this engaging fourth book in the award-winning Sunlight Series by Bang and Chisholm.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Blue Sky Press (AZ)ISBN-13:9780545577854ISBN-10:545577853UPC:9780545577854Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & NatureBook Topic:Earth Sciences, Biology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionSize:11.20 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7Y2H9AF9
Penny Chisholm is a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.
Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... ; Ten, Nine, Eight; and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)

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Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm, Molly Bang (Illustrator)

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