Comets

by Kate Petty, Mike Saunders (Illustrator)

An easy-to-read introduction to the origins, composition, and orbits of comets and what happens when comet debris falls to the Earth.

30 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1985

About the author

Writer/Editor Kate Petty (born Katharine Chapman) was the innovative author of more than two hundred books for children, including fiction, nonfiction, and picture books. Her award-winning pop-up books with illustrator Jennie Maizels and her collaborations with the Eden Project in Cornwall, England, are among her most popular works.

She died at age 55 from cancer.