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Geo-graphics

Title:

Geo-graphics

Author:

Giménez, Regina, author, artist.

Romay, Alexis, translator.

Block, Valerie, 1964- translator.

Summary:

Our universe is brimming with secrets, and surprising curiosities. Here readers will learn the answers to all the questions they've asked themselves: What does the Sun look like from different planets in our galaxy? Why doesn't the Moon always appear the same? What is the largest river on Earth? And the highest mountain? In Geo-Graphics, our world becomes transformed by acclaimed artist Regina Giménez, into 87 pages of gorgeous shapes and colors. Planets and stars, continents and islands, rivers and lakes, volcanos and hurricanes . Here they are presented as circles, polygons, lines, spirals, and accompanying facts that explain the world around us. This special and unusual atlas is a marriage of science and art like no other.

General Note:

Physical Description:

87 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject Term:

Earth sciences -- Juvenile literature.

Author(s):

Romay, Alexis,

Block, Valerie, 1964-

Publisher:

Levine Querido,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781646141302

Publication Information:

Montclair : Levine Querido, 2022.

Call Number:

J 550 GIMENEZ

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Our universe is brimming with secrets, and surprising curiosities. Here readers will learn the answers to all the questions they've asked themselves:

What does the Sun look like from different planets in our galaxy? Why doesn't the Moon always appear the same? What is the largest river on Earth? And the highest mountain?

In Geo-Graphics , our world becomes transformed by acclaimed artist Regina Giménez, into 96 pages of gorgeous shapes and colors. Planets and stars, continents and islands, rivers and lakes, volcanos and hurricanes ... here they are presented as circles, polygons, lines, spirals, and accompanying facts that explain the world around us.

This special and unusual atlas is a marriage of science and art like no other.

Author Notes

Alexis Romay is the author of the novels La apertura cubana and Salidas de emergencia , and two books of poetry, Los culpables and Diversionismo ideológico . He has translated into Spanish eight novels and two memoirs in verse, three novels in prose, over 40 picture books, and a novel into English. Among other honors, he has twice won first prize in the International Latino Book Awards for Best Chapter/Young Adult Book Translation - English to Spanish. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

Regina Giménez has always been captivated by old atlases, and their beautiful pictures and maps. As a child she scanned through these big books, voraciously looking for facts about the Earth. In recent years, as an acclaimed artist in her home city of Barcelona, she has returned to these images to transform them into magnificent prints, brimming with color.

Valerie Block is the author of the novels Was It Something I Said?, None of Your Business , and Don't Make a Scene . She has been a fellow at Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, and a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and son. This is her first translation.

I The Universe	p. 6
The Big Bang	p. 8
The Galaxies	p. 10
The Color of the Stars	p. 12
The Orbit of the Planets	p. 14
The Diameter of the Planets	p. 16
The Sun as Seen from the Planets	p. 18
Eclipses	p. 20
The Lunar Phases	p. 22
II The Earth	p. 24
The Atmospheric Layers	p. 26
The Earth's Layers	p. 28
Tectonic Plates	p. 30
Magnitude of Earthquakes	p. 32
The Major Earthquakes	p. 34
The Size of the Continents	p. 36
The Continents by Population and Surface Area	p. 38
The 80 Biggest Islands	p. 40
III Topography	p. 42
Mountain Peaks and Ocean Depths	p. 44
The 14 "Eight-Thousanders"	p. 46
Volcanoes	p. 48
Active Volcanoes	p. 50
IV Water	p. 52
The Oceans	p. 54
The Sources of Water	p. 56
The Volume of Rivers	p. 58
The Length of Rivers	p. 60
The Biggest Lakes in the World	p. 62
The Tides	p. 64
V Climate	p. 66
The Climate Zones	p. 68
Biomes	p. 70
Deserts	p. 72
Hurricanes	p. 74
Rain	p. 76
Climate Change	p. 78
Global Warming	p. 80
Greenhouse Gas Emissions	p. 82
Glossary	p. 84
Sources	p. 86
The Artist	p. 88
Some Notes on This Book's Production	p. 89

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