"This book is a guide to our lving, changing planet. We journey to the rim of a great meteor crater...we travel back in time to 1930, in the icy heart...
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The book also includes the relatively recent evolution of humans -- who are just a tiny speck in the sweep of Earth's history. This broad look at the Earth is designed to inspire awe and inquiry.
Autistic and nearly nonverbal, twelve-year-old Nova is happy in her new foster home and school, but eagerly anticipates the 1986 Challenger launch, for which her sister, Bridget, promised to return.
Science- and nature-loving readers of all ages will delight in this utterly charming guide to our amazing home.
Featuring the best images from the 'Planet Earth' series, this book is full of surprises, spectacle and a sense of awe.
The only living planet we know of, it also has a very unusual moon, a remarkably dynamic surface, a complex atmosphere and a deeply mysterious interior. This is Planet Earth is dedicated to the wonders of planet Earth.
The internationally successful Ultimate Book series expands its scope to embrace—very appropriately—the whole world! The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth offers lots of opportunity for hands-on interaction using flaps, pop-ups, and more!
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