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Author Lasky, Kathryn, author

Title The librarian who measured the earth / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Edition First edition
Published Boston : Joy Street Books, [1994]
Boston ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 1994
©1994
©1994

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 W'PONDS CRC  520.92 Eratos Las/Lwm  AVAILABLE
Description 48 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth
Bibliography Bibliography: page 48
Audience For children
Notes American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1995
Subject Eratosthenes -- Juvenile literature.
SUBJECT Eratosthenes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82081073
Subject Astronomers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomy, Greek -- Juvenile literature.
Geographers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Geography, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
Geographers.
SUBJECT Earth (Planet) -- Figure http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040434 -- Measurement http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006406 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Earth (Planet) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040427
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Hawkes, Kevin, illustrator
Juvenile Collection
LC no. 92042656
ISBN 0316515264