The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Downs, Sandra

Shaping the Earth

64 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | March, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1414-8 $$23.40

(4) YA Exploring Planet Earth series. These two volumes cover earth processes (primarily surface, though earthquakes are also included), describing wind and water erosion, avalanches, and landslides. The organization and text-heavy definitions are sometimes unclear, and detract from the otherwise informative presentations. Color photographs are helpful, though they cannot begin to cover the many references to natural phenomena found in the text. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford