Planet Earth

by Jon Richards, Ed Simkins

nan

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tim Roast · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is short. It contains a few pictures in it (or infographics if you want to spice up your product) covering the following:

* Inside the Earth
* On the move (about plates)
* Restless Earth (about earthquakes)
* The Rock Cycle (about rocks and not the Rolling Stones, or at least not the musical one)
* Violent Volcanoes
* Towering Peaks (about mountains)
* Habitats
* The Air we Breathe
* Water Cycle
* Water World
* The Oceans
* Raging Rivers
* Changing Earth (about climate change)

I went through it with my daughter in a couple of minutes. She was interested in talking about where countries are in the world which this book doesn’t cover at all so I just had to point to where they roughly were.

We weren’t impressed by the fancy (computer-generated?) images in here. They look like the sort of stuff you might find on interactive websites (like the ones mentioned under websites near the end). There they’d hold the interest a bit more as you clicked through them going to where your interests took you, and seeing things happening as you do (e.g. tectonic plates coming together). Here, you flick through the book, if anything catches your eye you may read it in a second or two, but if not then it’s to the next page and suddenly you reach the end of the book.

If you want info with pictures in book-form then go for a pictorial encyclopedia. Alternatively use Wikipedia.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting facts about Planet Earth, including plate tectonics, volcanoes, mountains, habitats, and life-sustaining air and water are provided in this colorful book. The graphics are visually appealing and the comparisons of features such as the world's largest waterfalls to other familiar formations helps readers picture just how enormous they are. In addition to a glossary of terms, each double-page spread devoted to a topic covers it thoroughly in brief amounts of test. One of the best aspects of the book is how numbers are broken down further. The text describes how 71 per cent of Earth is water, and then divides that number further, while explaining that 29 per cent of Earth is land, and then dividing that number further. Reading this book is like getting a crash course in science but with facts delivered in a visually appealing way alongside interesting snippets that prompt some reflection.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is full of information about our planet. Use the infographics in this book to see how high the tallest waterfall on earth is.
I think this book would be ideal for the visual learner and to show that you don't have to read an informational book from cover to cover.