Lasky, Kathryn.

The librarian who measured the earth / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. - 1st ed. - Boston : Joy Street Books, c1994. - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Added to collection 2003 school year from regular budget. Elementary School Library Collection 2000.

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.

ISBN: 0316515264(bound) : $16.95 (20.95 in Canada)

LCCN: 92042656

Subjects--Personal Names:
Eratosthenes.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astronomy, Greek.
Geography, Ancient.
Geographers--Biography.--Greece
Astronomers--Biography.--Greece
Geographers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth--Figure--Measurement.
Earth.

LC Class. No.: QB36.E73 / L37 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 520/.92 B