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The Earth is a Sundial

(Anno’s Sundial)

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Author(s):Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):Mitsumasa Anno
Publisher(s): Bodley Head
Year Published: 1986
Type: Activity Book
Hardcover
Pop-Up
Toy book
Genre: Geography
Picture Book
Science - Astronomy
Toy Book
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 36
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0370310160
ISBN-13: 9780370310169
OCLC: 59214010

Description

How to tell time by the sun. Includes materials for making your own sundial.

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Other Editions

Anno’s Sundial (1987)

Explains how the earth’s movements around the sun and the resulting movement of shadows have been used to tell time. Includes illustrations that pop up or fold out to demonstrate how sundials work.

Publisher: Philomel Books
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