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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This concise overview of the seven continents explains to children what a continent is and what factors make each continent unique. Full-color photographs and age-appropriate maps accompany each brief examination of a continent. Topics include
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This concise overview of the seven continents explains to children what a continent is and what factors make each continent unique. Full color photographs and age appropriate maps accompany each brief examination of a continent.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Unlock the mysteries of Earth's continents . . . with a time-traveling teen! In this full-color graphic novel, teenage geoscientist and time-traveler Crystal delivers all the dirt on the planet's rocky past, from lava rocks to massive landforms. With hilarious text and colorful comic book art, this book is sure to delight young readers as they follow along on Earth's Amazing Journey"--
5) Earth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Earth. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
6) Earth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Introductory text and full-color images explore the physical characteristics of the planet Earth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains. The earth's continents rest on plates that move slowly across our planet's...
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Forming part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books, this bold and brilliant kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the world as you've never seen it before. Informative, diverse in subject matter, easy-to-read and brimming with beautiful graphics, young learners can explore the incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways that reveal the inner workings of the world around them, featuring floods, hurricanes, volcanoes,...
10) Asia
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Asia, the largest continent on Earth, is a land of contrasts. It is creased by several mountain ranges, including the Himalayas, which includes Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. The lowest place can be found in Asia's Dead Sea. There are 46 countries on the continent, with two, China and India that are each populated by more than one billion people. It is a continent of political diversity, with countries featuring governments that range from...
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
[L]earn how many years it took the Moon to form and witness Earth's continents collide. Discover the history of Earth's most spectacular features - from the Grand Canyon to the Sahara desert. See how life evolved, from the first single-celled organisms to the extraordinary variety of creatures living today. Then we look at life on Earth today. Every species on Earth has its own unique story--Timelines of Nature reveals these weird and wonderful life...
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Description
The Crystal Desert is not only the most eloquent book ever written about Antarctica but one of the best portraits of a place ever published. Most books about Antarctica have focused on the lifeless ice cap that smothers two-thirds of the continent and on the heroic marches toward the South Pole that have pitted humans against a frozen world. The Crystal Desert is about the other Antarctica, the "banana belt" of the Antarctic Peninsula. The interior...
20) Our planet Earth
Pub. Date
[2008].
Description
Seven-part documentary television series, wherein scientists explain current theories about the formation of the Earth's continents, oceans and climate, and examine the Earth's relationship to the sun and other planets.
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