The Big Earth Book

Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible story. Lonely Planet Kids' The Big Earth Book takes children on a rollercoaster ride through history, geography, science and more to show how four elements - earth, fire, air and water - created the world and everything that exists today. Amazing facts, photography and illustrations bring our planet and its past to life in an exciting, engaging way.
Written by Mark Brake, a science writer and broadcaster who's worked for NASA, the BBC and the National Science Museum of Thailand, and created in consultation with Dr Mike Goldsmith, a research scientist and writer with a PhD in astrophysics from Keele University in the UK.
Highlights include:
Earth:

• How the Earth was formed
• The structure of the Earth
• Plate tectonics and rocks
• Earthquakes and volcanoes
• Humans in the stone age
• Hunter-gatherers and farming
• Fossils and digging for treasure
• DNA: the code of life

Fire:

• Ingredients for fire
• Fire and humans
• The history of fire
• The dangers of wildfire
• The Great Fire of London
• Gunpowder and fireworks
• The combustion engine
• Carbon and global warming

Air:

• What's air made of?
• The Northern Ligh(more...)

Summary

Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible story. We take kids on a rollercoaster ride through history, geography and science to show how four elements - earth, fire, air and water - created the world and everything that exists today. Amazing facts, photography and illustrations bring our planet and its past to life in an exciting, engaging way.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Brake, Brendan Kearney, Lonely Planet Kids, Lonely Planet Kids
• Assisted by: Brendan Kearney (Illustration), Kearney Brendan (Illustration)
• Publisher: Lonely Planet English
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781787012776
• ISBN: 978-1-78701-277-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 312 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Not for parents; Lonely Planet Kids; Lonely planet kids; Not for parents; The Fact Book
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General, Natural history (Children's/Teenage)