NNFN2023: The Earth Book

It’s day 12 of National Non-Fiction November 2023!

A fascinating read, ‘The Earth Book’ is bursting with information about planet Earth. Divided into four sections- Physical Earth, Life on Earth, Earth Regions and the Human Planet, each spread is attractively illustrated, using earthy, muted tones in keeping with the topic.

This is a brilliant book for dipping in and out of - or ‘skipping and dipping’ as Nicola Davies called it. Attention might be caught be a title or an illustration, a side heading or a number on a picture, encouraging the reader to look more closely and read the relevant information, but the book might equally be devoured from cover to cover, absorbing the reader completely.

Many of the subjects looked at here are included in the geography and science curriculum at KS2, making this a useful text to support this learning. Although there is no index to support the location of specific information, it should be fairly easy to decide which of the four sections to turn to. Full of wonder, there is much to enjoy here!

The Earth Book

Jonathan Litton, illustrated by Thomas Hegbrook

Little Tiger ISBN: 978-1838914592