earth

Describes what may have happened when the earth began billions of years ago.

Illustrations, maps, and photographs trace the story of the universe, the Earth, and life from its beginning to the present.

Examines the movement, interior geology, atmosphere, and other characteristics of the planet on which we live.

Presents a introduction to nature, in simple text with photographs, celebrating the Earth's seasons, climates, and colors.

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

Recreates the story of a single pebble and the formation of the Earth. Includes a geological timeline charting the main periods in Earth's history.

Text and photographs introduce the earth's physical features, weather patterns, and urban areas.

Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.

Readers are asked to picture themselves as the earth, turning in space, facing the light, feeling the green things growing and the oceans shifting.

A poetic tribute to that little O, the earth, its continents, clay, hills, forests, and seas.