The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth

The internationally successful Ultimate Book series expands its scope to embrace-very appropriately-the whole world! The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth offers lots of opportunity for hands-on interaction using flaps, tabs, pop-ups, and more! Pull a tab to see how magma erupts from a volcano, turn a page for a giant pop-up of a mountain range, or rotate a wheel to move the blades of a wind turbine! This book explores not only the geology of the Earth-oceans, continents, and the formation of mountains and volcanoes-but also its geography, atmosphere, and weather. A valuable reference book for any child!

Autorentext

Anne-Sophie Baumann studied science and literature before becoming an editor and author. She lives near Paris, France.

Didier Balicevic studied at école des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg.He lives near Paris, where he works in publishing.

Klappentext

An expansion of the scope of the "Ultimate Book" series, explaining the geological processes at play in the Earth and in its development. Didier Balicevic illustrates.

Zusammenfassung
The internationally successful Ultimate Book series expands its scope to embrace-very appropriately-the whole world! The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth offers lots of opportunity for hands-on interaction using flaps, tabs, pop-ups, and more! Pull a tab to see how magma erupts from a volcano, turn a page for a giant pop-up of a mountain range, or rotate a wheel to move the blades of a wind turbine! This book explores not only the geology of the Earth-oceans, continents, and the formation of mountains and volcanoes-but also its geography, atmosphere, and weather. A valuable reference book for any child!