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This is the HARD COVER Edition. Excellent Condition. No Shelf Wear. Cover and corners are in perfect condition, except back cover has minimal shelf wear with 2-3 small black marks. No creased pages. Will ship within one day. Will ship using USPS TRACKING System.

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First published January 1, 1983

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Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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March 10, 2020
Read with my son when he was in first grade.* The Disney books made learning things fun for him.

*He had to keep a reading log and I just found this when going through storage tubs.
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March 15, 2012
This book goes through various aspects of our Earth. It discusses the vast differences in landforms that make up Earth. It is an excellent took for introducing a science lesson about those landforms. The book also mentions different seasons. It very simply explains the motion of Earth and explains some characteristics of our moon.

I would recommend this book for grades K-2 because it is a brief overview of earth that would benefit younger children that only require a simple explanation, instead of the older grades that need to know more about the topic.
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December 18, 2015
I am very impressed with how much information they present in this book about space and the earth. It goes over season and how we get day and night. It describes different climates and what earth looks like from space and why.
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July 19, 2010
Interest Level Grades K - 3
Genre: Informational
Themes: Landscapes, Biomes, Seasons
Uses: Support Science unit on different climates in the world; reinforce seasons
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May 26, 2015
This is a great introduction to earth science. It discusses the earth, water, the weather, seasons, the sun, the moon, and the solar system. This is done for young audience, of course.
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