Comets

by Kate Petty, Mike Saunders

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

Paperback

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.