Books in Our Earth series

Mountains are some of Earths most arresting landforms. Theres no need to scale Mount Everest to discover important facts about mountains. Budding geographers can use this eye-catching book to learn about animals and plants that live on mountains as well as how people use these landforms as homes, and places to have fun. Beautiful images correlate with essential vocabulary in this special low-ATOS volume.

Many people have preconceptions about biomes, especially deserts. They picture only hot, barren wastelands where nothing lives. This valuable volume teaches young Earth explorers some surprising facts about desert habitats. For example, some deserts dont have sand, and some are quite cold. Theyll also learn how some resilient plants and animals survive in these arid environments. Beautiful images accompany the accessible low-ATOS text.

Her mission is simple: Find Teammates. It sounds easy enough but finding and recruiting a team will be one of the hardest challenges she has had to face. Convincing three strangers that space and other creatures are real, and that they are needed to help save other planets, even if they are only teenagers, well, it's enough to make her stomach flip. It won't be as easy as it sounds and trying to do it without tripping will be even harder.

Theres no need to get wet hiking into a rainforest to find out what lies under the canopy. In the pages of this entertaining, yet accessible, volume, readers will learn about conditions in the rainforest, a habitat thats home to half of all species of animals and plants on Earth. Vivid photographs reveal tropical rainforests as lively and vibrant places, while simple text encourages beginning readers to become explorers of Earths wonders.