Planet Earth

Planet Earth copyright 2000 by Graham Beehag Books

There tends to be a similar structure in each of these textbooks. Title page then contents followed by an introduction. This particular textbook seems to be geared towards older children. The font is smaller than the first one I read and the text to picture ratio is different. The sentences are still simple and clear. The contents of the book are: Introducing Planet Earth, Our Home Planet, Drifting Continents, Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Earth Rocks, The Changing Landscape, The Watery Earth, Earth's Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Life on Earth, Glossary and Index. Even though this book seems to be for older children it still doesn't go into much depth. It just skims the surface of the information. It gives enough information to be helpful, but not so much that it is confusing or college level. It is a fairly short book, only 32 pages. Most of the images are of the earth and relate to the subjects of the book. Most of the pictures have short captions with them. Most of these are pretty much the same. Simple short sentences with pictures for the reader to help visualize the information given about science.