Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
by Curtis Manley and Jessica Lanan
An explanation of why Earth is able to sustain life begins this account that goes... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 1,710
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1080L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 501969, 0.5 AR Points
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Curtis Manley about Just Right
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Jessica Lanan about Just Right
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jessica Lanan
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Curtis Manley
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jessica Lanan
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Curtis Manley
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Exoplanets & Extraterrestrials Activity from Curious City DPW
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Just Right Temperature Activity from Curious City DPW
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Magnetosphere Activity from Curious City DPW
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Transit Photometry Activity from Curious City DPW
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Radial Velocity Activity from Curious City DPW
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Draw Your Own Goldilocks Planet Sheet from Curtis Manley
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Jessica Lanan
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Awards & Distinctions 4
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2020
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Science Selection, 2019
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