This Parents Choice Award Winner was uppdated in 2008. This book turns children into young 'seismologists' and 'engineers.' Clever activities help demystify this frightening natural phenomenon. DISCOVERING EARTHQUAKES tells how quakes, like the one in Haiti, happen in the Atlantic Ocean.
Discovering Mount Rainier helps young naturalists discover the animals, plants and unique beauty of a mountain ecosystem. Differences between low elevation and subalpine areas are illustrated. Children learn of volcanic and glacial action on mountains. Includes a sheet of realistic, colored forest stickers.