Books with title The Usborne Book of the Earth

"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..."With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good - from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways.Best of all, the book includes an interior gatefold with a poster with tips/reminders on how kids can "go green" everyday. Equally whimsical and heartfelt, this sweet homage to our beautiful planet is sure to inspire readers of all ages to do their part in keeping the Earth happy and healthy.

A republication of the 1958 book by Irene Sevrey with illustrations by Mildred Waltrip, The First Book of the Earth is an elementary level natural history book that was written during a time when children's books held a student's interest and imagination because they were "living" rather than simply based on factoids and vivid pictures. It is a wonderful introduction to the subject of geology and covers the earth as a planet in the solar system and the physics of how it circles the sun, thereby defining our days and years. It then moves on to describing the earth's origin as scientists understand it and takes up the topics of the earth's composition, its structure, molecular makeup, rock families, minerals, volcanoes and earthquakes, mountains and their formation, and how glaciers and rivers affect the shaping of the earth's surface. The book ends by briefly discussing dinosaurs and the possible aging techniques used to date the earth's age in terms of epochs or periods.

With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly audiobook. This book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good - from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways. Best of all, the book includes tips and reminders on how kids can "go green" every day. Equally whimsical and heartfelt, this sweet homage to our beautiful planet is sure to inspire listeners of all ages to do their part in keeping the Earth happy and healthy.

Do you know how to paint a watercolor wash splatter paint print patterns with plastic wrap or create resist effects with oil pastels? Packed full of ideas for painting drawing printing and doing collages this inspiring book will help develop your art skills. It will also give you lots of exciting ways to use different art materials. Either follow the simple step-by-step instructions exactly or use the ideas to create pictures of your own. Ages 10 & up.

Did you ever look at a map made especially to show the rivers and mountains, the lakes and plains—the “up-hills and down-dales” of our land? It is called a relief map, and it is quite different from the usual map that shows countries and cities. On it you can really see the hills rising from the flat land. And you can see the rivers beginning as narrow streams and growing wider and wider as they run toward the sea. Some of the land is spotted all over with lakes, large and small. Other parts of the country, the deserts, have no waterways at all.Suppose someone were to ask you to make a quick, very rough map something like this, showing the little hills and valleys, the brooks and ponds of your own small neighborhood. You could probably do it from memory.“How do you know that’s the way it is, without even looking?” a friend might ask.“Why, that’s the way it’s always been. I’ve climbed that hill dozens of times,” you might possibly answer, pointing to a hill you have made on your map.Yet all those hills and valleys, brooks and ponds, and even the earth itself, had a beginning. Did you ever stop to wonder how they all happened to be exactly as they are? Why are there mountains on one part of our earth, plains on another, oceans in another? Why are there rocks, lakes, swamps, and caves?

This book of easy, color illustrated tunes is at the elementary level for piano. Friendly “jelly people” provide helpful hints & reminders about playing techniques & the meaning of music symbols & terms. The book includes classical music, jazz and folk pieces some arranged as duets & rounds. Titles: 1. Anna’s gerbils 2. Apache rain dance 3. At the fair 4. Au clair de la lune 5. Auld lang syne 6. Autumn 7. The bell ringers 8. Bobby shaftoe 9. Burger bar blues 10. A classic duet 11. Clementine 12. Daisy bell 13. Dinosaur & the dormouse 14. Down in the valley 15. Frere Jacques 16. From the New World (Dvorak) 17. German national anthem (Haydn) 18. Girls & boys come out to play 19. Grand old duke of York 20. Haunted house 21. Ho-la-hi 22. How far is it to Bethlehem 23. Israeli folk dance 24. Kum by yah 25. Lavender’s blue 26. Lullaby (Brahms) 27. Melody in a minor 28. Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen 29. Oh, dear, what can the matter be 30. Oh, Susannah 31. On eagles’ wings 32. From piano concerto no. 3 (Beethoven) 33. Riding on a donkey 34. Rock-a-bye baby 35. Row, row, row the boat 36. St. Anthony chorale (Haydn) 37. Scarborough fair 38. Silent night 39. Soldier’s march (Schumann) 40. Space walk rag 41. Spring 42. Summer 43. Sur le pont d’Avignon 44. From the surprise symphony (Haydn) 45. From symphony no. 7 (Beethoven) 46. Toreador’s song (Bizet) 47. Two o’clock 48. Walking (Diabelli) 49. Wedding march (Mendelssohn) 50. We three kings 51. We wish you a merry Christmas 52. Where, oh where has my little dog gone 53. Winter 54. Yankee Doodle