What is sand? How is it formed? Where does sand come from? How does it get to the beach? Why is it different colors? Let the sandpiper sleuth show you the answers to these questions in this lively, co
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. Butocean scienti
To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, living in tropical paradises. But ocean scientists wh
Kids are fascinated by the amazing power of earthquakes – one of nature's most dramatic displays. Colorful illustrations and kid-friendly text make complex geological science fascinating and easy to u
"" An] absorbing survey of oceanography . . . this] elegant study is an excellent resource."--Publishers Weekly"A fascinating examination of the earth's oceansThis exhaustive overview of oceanography
Jump in and travel the world to learn all about volcanoes -- what they are, how they work, and why they're so explosively fascinating. Adorable illustrations and kid-friendly text make compl
A friendly crow gives boys and girls a bird's-eye view of earthquakes in action and introduces the basics of plate tectonics, and includes a step-by-step experiment for creating a kid-sized earthquake
Volcano Vulcan, Dragon Explorer describes how volcanoes act and erupt in different ways, what happens after an eruption, and how scientists are discovering ways to predict a volcano's behavior. Reprint.
Marcia McNutt, director of the U.S. Geological Survey, introduces this collection of stunning photographic essays drawn from National Geographic publications on one of nature's most spectacular and in
