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Author:

Ganeri, Anita, 1961- author.

Title:

Amazing Earth / written by Anita Ganeri ; illustrated by Tim Smart ; with a foreword by Steve Backshall.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

DK PublishingDorling Kindersley Limited,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

176 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm

Subject:

Earth sciences--Juvenile literature.
Earth (Planet)--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Smart, Tim (Illustrator), illustrator.
Backshall, Stephen, writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

World map -- Silfra Rift -- Chocolate Hills -- Trolltunga -- Ross Ice Shelf -- The Dead Sea -- Sea of Stars -- Giant's Causeway -- Antelope Canyon -- Fly Geyser -- Grand Prismatic Spring -- Lake Natron -- Deadvlei and Sossusvlei -- Great Blue Hole -- Valley of the Whales -- Shangjiajie Mountains -- Lake Hillier -- Lake Baikal -- Singing Sand Dunes -- Tsingy de Bemaraha -- Salar de Uyuni -- Ha Long Bay -- Lençóis Maranhenses -- Meghalaya Root Bridges -- Wolfe Creek Crater -- Mount Roraima -- Ngorongoro Crater -- Valley of the Geysers -- Marble Caves (Cuevas de Mármol) -- Ban Gioc Waterfall -- Socotra Archipelago -- Smoking Hills -- Cenote Ik Kil -- Firefall -- Skeleton Coast -- Chinoike Jogoku -- Manjanggul Cave -- Pamukkale -- North Frisian Islands.

Summary:

"Get whisked away on an exhilarating guided tour of Earth's most incredible places. Discover the secrets of ancient caves, majestic waterfalls, and spectacular geysers. Explore vast deserts, underwater worlds, and icy, frozen lands. Brimming with dazzling photographs and beautiful illustrations, this book transports you to locations beyond your wildest imagination."-- cover page 4.

ISBN:

9780744033403
0744033403

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1225192849

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

VWPC964 -- Calmar Public Library (Calmar)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

TWPC862 -- Toledo Public Library (Toledo)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)