Seymour Simon

Author of Our Solar System

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About the Author

Disambiguation Notice:

Note: Some online sources erroneously attribute the anonymous novel "Elinor" to Seymour Simon.

Do not confuse with Seymour Simons, the American jazz pianist and composer.

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Works by Seymour Simon

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Our Solar System (1992) 1,058 copies

Sharks (1876) 740 copies

Volcanoes (1998) 739 copies

The Heart: All about Our Circulatory System and More! (1996) 739 copies

Whales (1900) 701 copies

Wolves (1993) 700 copies

The Brain: Our Nervous System (1997) 685 copies

Amazing Bats (2005) 654 copies

Lightning (1997) 622 copies

The Moon (1984) 615 copies

Storms (1900) 614 copies

Super Storms (2002) 605 copies

Earthquakes (1991) 545 copies

Bones: Our Skeletal System (1998) 539 copies

Incredible Sharks (2003) 513 copies

Animals Nobody Loves (2001) 503 copies

Weather (1993) 471 copies

Big Bugs (2005) 461 copies

Muscles: Our Muscular System (1998) 440 copies

Killer Whales (1978) 423 copies

Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids (1994) 416 copies

Earth: Our Planet In Space (1984) 412 copies

Tornadoes (1999) 407 copies

Snakes (1992) 384 copies

Fighting Fires (2002) 377 copies

Planets Around the Sun (2002) 362 copies

Danger! Earthquakes (2002) 349 copies

Danger! Volcanoes (2002) 341 copies

Destination: Jupiter (1998) 334 copies

Baby Animals (2002) 327 copies

Amazing Aircraft (2002) 324 copies

The Sun (1986) 299 copies

The Universe (1998) 296 copies

Spiders (2003) 285 copies

Mars (1987) 283 copies

Wildfires (1996) 281 copies

Pets in a Jar: Collecting and Caring for Small Wild Animals (1975) 281 copies

Stars (1986) 277 copies

Big Cats (1991) 275 copies

Icebergs and Glaciers (1987) 264 copies

Gorillas (2000) 257 copies

Wild Babies (1997) 254 copies

Horses (2006) 242 copies

Dogs (2004) 240 copies

Destination: Space (2002) 232 copies

Penguins (2007) 232 copies

Crocodiles & Alligators (1999) 229 copies

Wild Bears (2002) 217 copies

Cats (2004) 214 copies

Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks (2000) 212 copies

Oceans (2006) 206 copies

Top 50 Questions: Poisonous Animals (2007) 197 copies

The Paper Airplane Book (1971) 194 copies

Seymour Simon's Book of Trains (2002) 188 copies

Hurricanes (2003) 188 copies

Galaxies (1980) 178 copies

Mountains (1994) 175 copies

Eyes and Ears (2003) 163 copies

Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds (2000) 160 copies

Pyramids & Mummies (2003) 159 copies

Animal Fact/Animal Fable (1978) 145 copies

Top 50 Questions 2 Pack: Wild Earth / Rocks and Minerals (2009) 144 copies

Saturn (1985) 141 copies

Top 50 Questions: Skeletons (2006) 132 copies

Cool Cars (2003) 131 copies

Uranus (1987) 126 copies

Guts: Our Digestive System (2005) 122 copies

Top 50 Questions: Wild Earth (2009) 121 copies

Let's Try It Out in the Water : Hands-On Early-Learning Science Activities (2001) — Author — 119 copies

Giant Machines (2002) 113 copies

Oceans (Wiley Nature Editions) (1990) 100 copies

Strange Mysteries from Around the World (1997) 100 copies

Global Warming (2010) 99 copies

Deserts (1879) 98 copies

They Walk the Earth: The Extraordinary Travels of Animals on Land (2000) 96 copies

Let's Try It Out in the Air: Hands-On Early-Learning Science Activities (2001) 93 copies

Venus 91 copies

Now You See It, Now You Don't: The Amazing World of Optical Illusions (1998) 89 copies

Dolphins (2009) 88 copies

New Questions and Answers About Dinosaurs (1990) 86 copies

Mercury (1992) 86 copies

Neptune (1991) 85 copies

Giant Snakes (1979) 78 copies

Stars and Constellations (Glow-in-the-Dark) (2007) 76 copies

Lungs: Your Respiratory System (2007) 76 copies

Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth (1980) 71 copies

Wild Weather (See In 3-D) (2005) 69 copies

Vampire Bats - Extreme Animals (2009) 67 copies

Look to the night sky : an introduction to star watching (1977) 62 copies

Creepy Creatures (See In 3-D) (2006) 57 copies

Tropical Rainforests (2010) 56 copies

Planets (See In 3-D) (2006) 53 copies

Let's try it out with towers and bridges : hands-on early-learning science activities (2003) — Author — 53 copies

Ride the Wind: Airborne Journeys of Animals and Plants (1997) 51 copies

The On-Line Spaceman and other cases (1997) 50 copies

How to Talk to Your Computer (1984) 48 copies

The Mighty Ants and Other Cases (2009) 48 copies

The Dinosaur Is the Biggest Animal That Ever Lived: And Other Wrong Ideas You Thought Were True (1984) 47 copies

Coral Reefs (2013) 46 copies

Animals in the Dark (Glow-in-the-Dark) (2008) 45 copies

The Human Body (2008) 44 copies

Space Travelers (2004) 42 copies

Autumn Across America (1993) 41 copies

Bridges (2005) 40 copies

Knights And Castles (2006) 40 copies

Skyscrapers: SeeMore Readers Level 2 (2005) 39 copies

Seymour Simon's Extreme Earth Records (2012) 39 copies

The Rock-Hound's Book (1973) 36 copies

Butterflies (2011) 34 copies

The Optical Illusion Book (1976) 34 copies

Insects (2016) 34 copies

The Secret Clocks: Time Senses of Living Things (1979) 34 copies

Emergency Vehicles: SeeMore Readers Level 1 (2006) 33 copies

Planet Mars (2006) 33 copies

Rocks & Minerals (2017) 32 copies

Polar Animals (See In 3-D) (2007) 32 copies

Under the Sea (See In 3-D) (2008) 32 copies

Destination: Moon (2019) 31 copies

Exoplanets (2018) 31 copies

Einstein Anderson Shocks His Friends (1980) 30 copies

Seymour Simon's Extreme Earth Records (2015) 30 copies

They Swim the Seas: The Mystery of Animal Migration (1998) 30 copies

Winter Across America (1994) 30 copies

Seymour Simon's Extreme Oceans (2013) 29 copies

The Smallest Dinosaurs (1982) 29 copies

Earth Words: A Dictionary of the Environment (1995) 28 copies

The Time Machine and Other Cases (1997) 28 copies

Star Walk (1995) 28 copies

Einstein Anderson Goes to Bat (1982) 27 copies

The Gigantic Ants and Other Cases (1997) 27 copies

Frogs (2015) 27 copies

Einstein Anderson Tells a Comet's Tale (1981) 26 copies

Fun Facts About Pets (2010) 25 copies

The Howling Dog and Other Cases (1980) 24 copies

Top 50 Questions: Rocks and Minerals (2009) 24 copies

Discovering What Earthworms Do (1969) 24 copies

The Largest Dinosaurs (1986) 23 copies

Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do (2021) 23 copies

The Wings of Darkness and Other Cases (1998) 22 copies

Mirror magic (1980) 21 copies

How to Be an Ocean Scientist in Your Own Home (1988) 21 copies

Snakes (See in 3-D) (2007) 21 copies

The Invisible Man and Other Cases (1998) 20 copies

Space Words: A Dictionary (1991) 18 copies

Sea Creatures (2018) 18 copies

The Halloween Horror and Other Cases (1997) 18 copies

101 Questions and Answers About Dangerous Animals (1985) 18 copies

Poisonous snakes (1981) 17 copies

Einstein Anderson Lights Up the Sky (1982) 16 copies

Spring Across America (1996) 16 copies

Ghosts (1976) 16 copies

Science Dictionary (1994) 16 copies

From Paper Airplanes to Outer Space (2000) 16 copies

Why Do Kittens Do That?: Real Things Kids Love to Know (2011) 15 copies

Little giants (1983) 15 copies

The Hurricane Hoax and Other Cases (2013) 15 copies

Dinosaurs: Fact and Fable (2020) 15 copies

Water (2017) 15 copies

Hidden Worlds: Pictures of the Invisible (1983) 14 copies

Einstein Anderson Makes Up for Lost Time (1981) 14 copies

Bits and Bytes: A Computer Dictionary for Beginners (1985) 14 copies

What Do You Want to Know About Earthworms (1969) 14 copies

Long Journey from Space (1982) 13 copies

Sharks (See In 3-D) (2005) 13 copies

How to Be a Space Scientist in Your Own Home (1982) 13 copies

Elephants (2018) 13 copies

The Mysterious Lights and Other Cases (1998) 13 copies

Why Do Puppies Do That?: Real Things Kids Love to Know (2010) 12 copies

Birds on your street (1974) 11 copies

Deadly Ants (1979) 11 copies

The Look-It-Up Book of the Earth (1968) 11 copies

Shadow Magic (1985) 10 copies

The Secret Clocks: Time Senses of Living Things (1979) 10 copies

Space Monsters (1977) 9 copies

A Tree on Your Street (1973) 9 copies

Strange creatures (1981) 9 copies

Long View into Space (1987) 9 copies

Discovering What Goldfish Do (1970) 9 copies

Discovering What Gerbils Do. (1971) 8 copies

Soap bubble magic (1985) 8 copies

Exploring with a Microscope (1969) 8 copies

About Your Heart (1974) 8 copies

Weather and Climate (1969) 8 copies

More Fun Facts About Pets (2012) 8 copies

What Do You Want to Know About Guppies? (1977) 8 copies

Life On Ice How Animals Survive In The Artic (1976) 8 copies

The Impossible Shrinking Machine and Other Cases (2013) 7 copies

The BASIC Book (1985) 7 copies

Science in a Vacant Lot (1970) 7 copies

Chemistry in the kitchen (1971) 7 copies

Exploring Fields and Lots: Easy Science Projects (Good Earth Series) (1978) 7 copies

Einstein Anderson Sees Through the Invisible Man (1987) 7 copies

Beneath Your Feet (1977) 7 copies

Tropical Saltwater Aquariums: How to Set Them up and Keep Them Going -- First 1st Edition (1976) 6 copies

Chip Rogers, computer whiz (1984) 6 copies

Projects with plants (A Science at work book) (1973) 6 copies

Professor I.Q. Explores the Brain (1993) 6 copies

From Shore to Ocean Floor; How Life Survives in the Sea. (1973) 6 copies

Professor IQ Explores the Senses (Professor I.Q.) (1993) 6 copies

Wet & Dry (1969) 6 copies

Motion (1968) 6 copies

Meet the Computer (1985) 6 copies

Lightning Never Lies and Other Cases (2013) 5 copies

Discovering What Garter Snakes Do (1975) 5 copies

Finding out with your senses (1971) 5 copies

Sharks (Trail Blazers) (2009) 4 copies

About Foods You Eat (1979) 4 copies

Science at Work; Projects in Oceanography (1972) 4 copies

Turtle Talk (1986) 4 copies

Meet baby animals (1980) 4 copies

Science projects in ecology (1972) 4 copies

Silly Zoo Animal Jokes and Riddles (2011) 4 copies

Discovering What Crickets Do (1973) 4 copies

Sharks by Seymour Simon (1997-05-03) 4 copies

About Your Lungs (1978) 3 copies

About Your Brain (1981) 3 copies

A Building On Your Street (1973) 3 copies

Life and Death in Nature (1976) 3 copies

Danger from below: Earthquakes, past, present, and future (1979) 3 copies

A Handful of Soil (1970) 3 copies

Life in the Dark: How Animals Survive at Night (1974) 3 copies

Water on Your Street (1974) 3 copies

Light & dark (1970) 3 copies

Hot & Cold (1972) 3 copies

Creatures from Lost Worlds (1979) 3 copies

Animals in Field and Laboratory: Science Projects in Animal Behavior (1968) 3 copies

Soap bubbles (1969) 2 copies

Science at work: easy models you can make (1971) 2 copies

Beneath Your Feet (1977) 2 copies

Extreme Earth Records (2014) 2 copies

Body Sense, Body Nonsense (1981) 2 copies

Goony Birds, Bush Babies, and Devil Rays (1980) 2 copies

8 Books, Our Solar System, Pluto, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Venus and Neptune 2 copies

Computer Sense, Computer Nonsense (1984) 2 copies

Discovering what frogs do (1969) 2 copies

Your First Home Computer (1985) 2 copies

Horses by Simon, Seymour (2006) Hardcover 1 copy

Associated Works

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 774 copies

The Big Book For Our Planet (1993) — Contributor — 135 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, May 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 — Contributor — 4 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 12, August 1980 — Contributor — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, March 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4, December 1980 — Contributor — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1931-08-09
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Places of residence: Columbia County, New York, USA
Short biography: [from Penguins]
Seymour Simon has been called "the dean of the [children's science book] field" by the New York Times. He has written more than 200 books for young readers and is the recipient of the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. Mr. Simon lives in Great Neck, New York, with his wife. You can visit him online at www.seymoursimon.com.
Disambiguation notice: Note: Some online sources erroneously attribute the anonymous novel "Elinor" to Seymour Simon.

Do not confuse with Seymour Simons, the American jazz pianist and composer.

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The Moon by Seymour Simon

Informational text on a black background balanced with large (often full-page) photographs. Details information about the moon and lunar exploration.

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JoyfulMommy07 | 17 other reviews | May 1, 2024 |

Sharks by Seymour Simon

Sharks

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BooksInMirror | 4 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Snakes by Seymour Simon

EducatingParents.org rating: Approved

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MamaBearLendingDen | 5 other reviews | Dec 1, 2023 |

Pets in a Jar: Collecting and Caring for Small Wild… by Seymour Simon

As an amateur entomologist and critter collector, I reference this book a lot.
It also gives adequate advice for temporary housing of larger creatures, like frogs and newts. It specifies in the book that some of these setups are only meant for temporary housing, or for short-term observation before release. I appreciate that!

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eurydactyl | 3 other reviews | Jul 20, 2023 |

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