Publisher's Synopsis
From Mount Everest (the tallest mountain on Earth) to the Amazon Rainforest (the largest rainforest on Earth) to Death Valley, California (the hottest place on Earth) and much more, A Kid's Guide to Planet Earth takes young readers (ages 9-12) on a "superlative" round-the-world tour of the biggest, longest, deepest, tallest, coldest, hottest places in the world with beautiful full-color photography, "At-a-Glance" facts, and fun-to-read copy designed to help young readers explore the big, wide wonderful world around them. Large format (8 1/2 x 11).