I Am Planet Earth

by Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt (Illustrator)

The planet Earth describes its location in the solar system, its atmosphere, geographic features, and treatment by the people who live on it. Original.

Genres: Space, Science, Earth, Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

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[zhanghao · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is wonderfully written; it introduces the Earth to children in a concise and clear way.

[Kest Schwartzman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute cut paper illustrations. Why is the "arabian" kid pale white with red blush cheeks, though?

[Carlye · Rating 5 out of 5]

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I think this a great example of a kids nonfiction book. First of all, it is simple and straightforward. Also, it isn't the boring just strictly facts. The writer and illustrator made the book still seem fun. With all the colorful pictures it keep the reader engaged. Also, I think it would be great for preschool to first grade. That's because of how simple the text and sentence structures are. For example on one page it says: “I have hot, dry sand.” And that's both the pages and then the picture is on the two pages and is a camel, someone riding the camel and a dessert. Also, I think the illustrations go hand in hand with the text very nicely.

[Julie Graham 47150 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great book to introduce my students to our planet. It was just enough information to help my students learn key features of our planet and keep my students engaged. It was also a book they could go back and reread for themselves. I added "Planet Earth" by Leonie Pratt, "Our Earth" by Anne Rockwell, and excerpts of Simon Seymour's "Earth: Our Planet in Space" to round out their learning of our beautiful planet.

[Glenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. I know how to save planet earth and want my friends to save planet earth too.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like that this book shows the diversity of our planet. I also like the artwork.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

A. read this to his grandparents and enjoyed learning about the planets on his own.

[Yasuko · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Tammy Glenn]

Very good! The pictures caught my eyes. Short and sweet and to the point.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Earth is a cool planet and tells all about its inhabitants.