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Amazing Places

illustrated by Chris Soentpiet, Christy Hale, Lee Bennett Hopkins

Amazing Places surveys striking natural locations and environmental extremes around the world. It moves across land, sea, and air, introducing places ranging from an exceptionally dry desert to an ocean trench at great depth. Full-color photographs accompany factual notes, trivia, and highlighted details about these settings. The book focuses on unusual features of the natural world and invites readers to compare the different conditions found across Earth’s most remarkable places.

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Themes
Environment · Geography · Nature
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Puffin Books
Published
August 4, 2015
Pages
176
ISBN-13
9780147513762
Language
English
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