Planet Earth

Simple text and full-color photographs provide an introduction to the animals found in the Amazon, such as monkeys and dolphins.

Describes earth's variety of plant life which exists in a variety of climatic conditions.

Discusses mountain building, moving continents, erosion, faults, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

Draws on the Discovery Channel's "Planet Earth" documentary for photographs that capture the variety, beauty, and danger of life on Earth.

Takes a look at how animals interact with each other and their environments.

An introduction to the many living things, from microscopic plants to huge sharks, that live in the ocean and discusses the importance of oceans to life on earth.

Simple text, photographs, and illustrations describe the water cycle and discuss how people are working to conserve water.

An introduction to erosion that discusses how it changes Earth's land, different types of weathering, and how people work to control unnatural erosion.

Introduces readers to the many kinds of animals and plants found in rain forests and explains how man's activities can threaten these fragile ecosystems.

Discusses mountain glaciers and their movement and effect on the geography, ice sheets such as the one over Antarctica, and ice ages.