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- ↑ CBethM (May 5, 2013). "MYSTERY SOLVED! Fiction meets Nonfiction in Einstein Anderson: Science Geek by Seymour Simon". Nerdy Book Club.
- ↑ "Books & Resources: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12". National Science Teachers Association. Retrieved April 11, 2014. With linked annual lists from 1996 (published in 1995) to present.
- ↑ Simon, Seymour (April 2014). "Seymour Simon: Award-Winning Children's Science Author". seymoursimon.com.
- ↑ seymour simon made more than 500 books and 9 in spanish.
- ↑ "Animals in field and laboratory; science projects in animal behavior". Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC). Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "The moon". LCC. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Our solar system". LCC. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
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- "Seymour Simon", Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (carolhurst.com) – excerpt from Open Books: Literature in the Curriculum Kindergarten through Grade Two by Carol Hurst, Linworth, 1999, ISBN 0-938865-77-3
- "Writing Science for Children in an Age of Discovery", Eric Nagourney, The New York Times, December 16, 2003
- "Exploring Space: Using Seymour Simon's Books in the Classroom", Bourne and Saul, Morrow, 1994, ISBN 0-688-13643-5
