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For younger readers

Gifford, Clive. How to Live on Mars. Watts, 2001. For readers in grades 3 to 6.

Kerrod, Robin. Mars. Lerner, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Ride, Sally, and Tam O'Shaughnessy. The Mystery of Mars. Crown, 1999. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Schraff, Anne. Are We Moving to Mars? John Muir, 1996. What would living on Mars be like? For readers in grades 3 and 4.

Simon, Seymour. Destination: Mars. HarperCollins, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Mars (planet)

Barbree, Jay, and Martin Caidin. Destination Mars: In Art, Myth, and Science. Penguin, 1997. Changing perception of Mars; for general readers.

Boyce, Joseph M. The Smithsonian Book of Mars. Smithsonian Institution, 2003. NASA's program scientist for Mars exploration from 1985 to 2000 describes missions to Mars and their discoveries.

Goldsmith, Donald. The Hunt for Life on Mars. Dutton, Reprint, Plume, 1997. 1998. An account of the NASA announcement of the discovery of a Martian meteorite with possible signs of unicellular life.

Hanlon, Michael. The Real Mars. Carroll & Graf, 2004. The history of the planet, with many photographs.

Hartmann, William K. A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet. Workman, 2003. A science writer brings together recent scientific findings about Mars.

Raeburn, Paul. Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet. National Geographic, 1998, 2000. Generously illustrated with glossy pictures, this book outlines the Pathfinder mission to Mars.

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Planets & Planetary Science

Bakich, Michael E. The Cambridge Planetary Handbook. Cambridge University Press, 2000. A comprehensive reference on the planets.

Christiansen, Eric H., and W. Kenneth Hamblin. Exploring the Planets. Prentice Hall, 1995. Introductory text for the nonscience major.

Gribben, John, and Simon Goodwin. Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System. New York University Press, 1998. An introduction to the solar system for the general reader, with photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Henbest, Nigel. The Planets: Portraits of New Worlds. Viking, 1994. Current, authoritative information, with nontechnical text and excellent pictures.

McNab, David, and James Younger. The Planets. Yale University Press, 1999. Companion volume to a BBC television series.

Shirley, James H., and R. W. Fairbridge. Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences. Chapman & Hall, 1997. More than 450 articles on the how and what of current planetary science.

Solar system

Beatty, J. Kelly, and others, eds. The New Solar System. 4th ed. Cambridge University Press, 1998. Based on recent interplanetary explorations, a welcome update to our corner of the universe.

Booth, Nicholas. Exploring the Solar System. Cambridge University Press, 1996. Lively text and outstanding color photographs.

Greeley, Ronald, and Raymond Batson. The NASA Atlas of the Solar System. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Maps and photographs of the planets and major satellites from NASA.

Weissman, Paul R., and others, eds. Encyclopedia of the Solar Systems. Academic, 1998. For the non-specialist, a reference that informs and stimulates curiosity about our solar system.

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