See Inside Planet Earth5 May 2010
A new book about our beautiful world - brilliant!
Is it fun to read? Will you find out things you didn't know before?
Check out these reviews from some young people who have already read it.
Emily, age 10
I loved it! I learnt lots of things, like 2% of sunlight from the Sahara desert could be turned into enough electricity to supply the world.
I like the way the writing is on the pictures (in smallish captions) so the reader doesn't have to read too much at once. You still get a lot of information from it.
It has really fun flaps and when you open them it's like you've just cut off a slice of the picture.
Some of the pictures are funny, like one where two men in Antarctica sat in a tent. One of the men held out a cup of coffee and said "warm your hands up on this" to the other man.
I think this book is fantastic for ages 8-12. It is very colourful and it has lots of pictures.
The book would be great for either school or home because it's not a chore to read, but you learn a lot from it.
So over all this a great book for learning about the world around you.
Lola May, age 9
This is a nice pick-up book, and is good for ages 7+ or scientific kids.
The flaps are fun and make the science really interesting. The pictures are good.
There are good facts, especially the info on space - I didn't know the sun was a middle sized star. I liked the climate change facts and the maps of the Earth.
I learnt a lot about the Earth, deserts and rainforests.
What do you think?
Sounds like a great book to explore for hours on end - perfect for kids at home or pupils at school. And there is a 20p donation to Friends of the Earth for each copy sold.
See Inside Planet Earth, Katie Daynes & Peter Allen (Usborne, £8.99) >
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