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Earthsearch
- Spiral-bound
- Edition: Book and Access
- Publisher: Klutz
- Release Date: November 1994
- Reading Level: Ages 9-12
- ISBN-10: 1878257749
- ISBN-13: 9781878257741
- List Price: $21.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryA multifaceted introduction to geography covers everything from rocks to recycling and features eighteen exhibits, including a 2.5-million-year-old used aluminum cover, foreign coins, and French hotel bathroom tissue. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Brilliant, and good for everyone
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What this book does better than anything else I've ever read is present the world in very visual and dramatic ways. For example, there is one game in the book called "Where are you born" which consists of flipping a spinner that tells you how wealthy the country you're "born" into is. Since the numbers are determined by population and not geography, your change of getting a wealthy, first world country is quite small. It makes you feel awfully lucky for not having to live on less than 2 dollars a day...
And this is just an example of the kinds of things this book talks about. It has similarly interesting and meaningful exercises to demonstrate all kinds things, from earth's geological composition to human physiology. Some of the concepts are definitely above the heads of kids under ten, though the book's child-friendly approach ensures that they'll enjoy it anyway. If you buy it for your kids as a parent though, I highly recommend you take a gander.
Learning that's fun
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This book makes learning fun. In fact, younger kids don't know it's educational. I enjoyed reading it too. It can appeal to "kids" from 8-88.
Heavy Use of Evolutionary Theory
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This book is extremely well done and educational. It is not, however, for anyone who does not favor macro-evolution (i.e. darwin's theory) or the "Big Bang" theory. The book focuses heavily on these things. Those who believe in "Creationism" - God created the world and all living things - should probably steer clear of this one.
Wonderful experiential book
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This is a Klutz book, which wasn't clear to me. It really is like visiting museum, there are things to look at, lots of different displays (text boxes) lots of pictures, and tons of information. My 9 year old who does not love to read, thumbs through it often, coming up with another quirky fact. He loved the coins from various nations and the rice servings and the hands on feel to it. This is not a book, it's an experience.
WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
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Following the reviews on this site, I purchased this book for my 10 year old. She has not taken to it very much and finds it "confusing" "busy" and "unclear". It is a very quirky book with tons of graphics and all forms of letter fonts. It is far from straight forward.
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