Our World: By the Numbers

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From Caldecott Honorwinning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes a fascinating, comprehensive, and in-depth look at our world as seen through numbers, facts, and stunning infographics.

With his signature style, Steve Jenkins uses engaging graphics and visual literacy to convey scientific facts and concepts, making them accessible for all kinds of readers.Readers will learn about the complex and wonderfulplace we call home, Earth.

This collection opens wide on the solar system and then zooms in on planet Earthits history, its creatures, its climate, disasters, all the things that happen in one day, and where were headed. Discover some of the mostfascinating aspects of ourworld through astonishing numbers: the stretch of time from Earths formationto the present, how often lightning strikes in one day, the temperature at the center of the sun, what percentage of Earths land is covered in deserts or forests or cities, and so much more.

This compendium is fact-packed and full of fascinating visualsdetailingthe astonishing phenomena that make our universe such an incredible place to live and learn.

Author Bio

Steve Jenkins has illustrated many children"s books, including What Do You Do with a Tail Like This, a Caldecott Honor Book, and The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has also illustrated Wiggling Worms at Work, Life in a Coral Reef, and Almost Gone in the Let"s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.