"A spare, poetic picture book exploring the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways"--

Planet Earth is perfect. Everything about our world - its size, its distance from the Sun, its spin and tilt, its moon - is perfectly suited to our existence, and our planet's natural forces perfectly nurture life. A global weather system circulates and distributes fresh water to all corners of the globe, marine currents deliver nutrients to even the deepest reaches of the ocean, sunlight warms and energizes everything it touches, and powerful volcanoes...

"A thorough explanation of the formation and effects of rain."--

This breathtaking exploration of animals that have adapted in order to survive in Earth's harsh polar regions presents riveting fact-based stories about their unique adaptations in each spread and discusses the impact of climate change and its global consequences.

"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...