Exploring our world

Discusses the temperate forests of the world, describing the kinds of trees, their life cycles, and how they are used by humans.

Discusses the characteristics of grasslands, where they are located, and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit them.

Discusses tropical forests and their effect on the plants, animals, and humans interacting with them.

Discusses, in text and illustrations, the characteristics of the oceans and seas, their location, and the plants and animals that inhabit them. Includes suggestions for projects, further reading, and a glossary.

Describes the erosion, volcanic activity, climates, wildlife, and other aspects of the mountains of the earth and looks at individual mountain chains such as the Himalayas, Andes, and Rockies.

Discusses, in text and photographs, the characteristics of islands, their location, and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit them. Includes suggestions for projects, further reading, and a glossary.

Discusses, in text and illustrations, the characteristics of deserts, where they are located, and the plants, animals, and people that inhabit them. Includes suggestions for projects, further reading, and a glossary.

This book explores the changing nature of the earth and the formation of continents, islands, earthquakes and volcanoes, rocks and soil, seasons, and weather.

Examines the weather, geographic features, and life of the earth's polar regions.

Describes the erosion, volcanic activity, climates, wildlife, and other aspects of the mountains of the earth and looks at individual mountain chains such as the Himalayas, Andes, and Rockies.