Our Amazing Planet


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Amazing Earth


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An exhilarating guided tour around the most amazing places on Earth, perfect for young adventurers with big imaginations! Award-winning children’s author Anita Ganeri takes curious kids who love learning to the most incredible locations in the world. This science book for kids includes breathtaking images and mind-blowing facts about our majestic home — Earth! Turn the pages to discover natural wonders, stunning vistas and other jaw-dropping places from around the world. Inside the pages of this book about Earth, you’ll discover: • Over 100 far-flung locations around the globe with areas so incredible you’ll barely be able to believe they are real! • Illustrations that explain key natural phenomena and reveal exciting, in-depth details about some of the locations you’ll explore. • A world map showing all the places together, and locator maps show where each site is in the world. • A foreword by Steve Backshall MBE – BAFTA and Emmy-winning English naturalist, explorer, philanthropist, author, and television presenter Mount Everest and the Eiffel Tower are two of the most famous places to see on earth, but what if we told you our planet has more to offer? From waterfalls that look like they are on fire to a cave filled with twinkling blue glow worms and a bright pink lake, explore the most unbelievable, unusual and incredible places on Earth! Beautiful, dazzling images and information explores why each place is unique. Delve into the science, geology, flora and fauna, as well as the historical or cultural significance of each of these natural wonders! It is perfect for children age 7 to cultivate a lifelong curiosity about the natural sciences and the wonders of the world around them.




Amazing Planet


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PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS. Amazing Planet, full of breathtaking images, is absolutely unique. It introduces the most beautiful corners on Earth. Included are all the continents, the oceans and a diversity of landscapes - from glaciers through mountain lakes, deserts, and canyons. Famous photographer, Filip Kulisev has travelled the world to capture these images.




The Earth


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Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years


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A lighthearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the Earth--told from the perspective of the Earth itself! "Hi, I’m Earth! But you can call me Planet Awesome." Prepare to learn all about Earth from the point-of-view of Earth herself! In this funny yet informative book, filled to the brim with kid-friendly facts, readers will discover key moments in Earth’s life, from her childhood more than four billion years ago all the way up to present day. Beloved children's book author Stacy McAnulty helps Earth tell her story, and award-winning illustrator David Litchfield brings the words to life. The book includes back matter with even more interesting tidbits. This title has Common Core connections.




Our Planet


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With a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is the striking photographic companion to the Emmy–winning NETFLIX original documentary series, presenting never-before-seen visuals of nature's most intriguing animals in action and the environmental change that has to be seen to be believed. With six hundred members of crew filming in fifty countries over four years, the directors that brought us the original Planet Earth and Blue Planet now take readers on a journey across all the globe’s different biological realms to present stunning visuals of nature's most intriguing animals in action, and environmental change on a scale that must be seen to be believed. Featuring some of the world's rarest creatures and previously unseen parts of the Earth―from deep oceans to remote forests to ice caps―Our Planet takes nature-lovers deep into the science of our natural world. Revealing the most amazing sights on Earth in unprecedented ways, alongside stories of the ways humans are affecting the world’s ecosystems―from the wildebeest migrations in Africa to the penguin colonies of Antarctica―this book places itself at the forefront of a global conversation as we work together to protect and preserve our planet. With a keepsake package featuring debossing and foil stamping, this groundbreaking coffee-table book reveals the most amazing sights on Earth in unprecedented ways.




Our Amazing Planet - Introduction to Geography for Young Scientists


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Our Amazing Planet: Introduction to Geography for Young Scientists begins with a brief explanation of geography as a science. Its clear, simple text then launches into a study of the earth from the inside out. It covers the layers of the earth from its core to its crust, exploring its land and water features, what makes the seasons, its three main climate zones and seven major biomes. The book's vibrant illustrations, which include maps of climate zones and biomes, add to the clarity of the text. Each chapter of the book ends with a summating hands-on activity. The accompanying Learning Guide walks a student through the book and includes even more activities. Working their way through Our Amazing Planet will give students a greatly increased understanding and appreciation of the planet on which they live. What is at the very center of the earth? What causes earthquakes and volcanoes? Why do we have seasons, and how are mountains formed? What kinds of plants and animals live near the North Pole? What about near the equator? What's the difference between a hill and a mountain, a valley and a canyon, an island and a peninsula? Earth, our home, is huge, and there are so many interesting things to know about it. If you're curious about the world we live in, come take a stroll around Our Amazing Planet! Who knows what you might find!




Our Home Planet


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Describes Earth, discussing its position, composition, rotation, moon, and capacity to support life.




Our Amazing Planet


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Planet Life


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Breathtaking illustrations bring billions of years of Earth’s fascinating history to life in this engaging and accessible book created in conjunction with Natural Science Museum of Barcelona. What did Earth look like 300 million years ago? Page through this gorgeous book and travel back in time to discover the days when Earth was a very different place than it is today. In this cleverly designed book, readers can peel back the layers of history by lifting the flaps and vellum pages inside, and compare the plants and animals that lived in prehistoric landscapes with the fossils they left behind. The constantly evolving face of our planet comes to life, while the science behind Earth’s geology and climate is clearly explained. Packed with fascinating illustrations, this is a wonderful introduction to the earliest single-celled life forms to the mighty dinosaurs and onward to the first human beings.