{"product_id":"the-first-book-of-the-earth","title":"The First Book of the Earth by Opal Irene Sevrey","description":"\u003cp\u003eA re-publication of the 1958 book by Irene Sevrey with illustrations by Mildred Waltrip, \u003cem\u003eThe First Book of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is an elementary level natural history book that was written during a time when children's books held a student's interest and imagination because they were \"living\" rather than simply based on factoids and vivid pictures. It is a wonderful introduction to the subject of geology and covers the earth as a planet in the solar system and the physics of how it circles the sun, thereby defining our days and years. It then moves on to describing the earth's origin as scientists understand it and takes up the topics of the earth's composition, its structure, molecular makeup, rock families, minerals, volcanoes and earthquakes, mountains and their formation, and how glaciers and rivers affect the shaping of the earth's surface. The book ends by briefly discussing dinosaurs and the possible aging techniques used to date the earth's age in terms of epochs or periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eour planet 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow did it begin? 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat is the earth made of? 11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe rock families 16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe earth's treasures 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebending crust 23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evolcanoes 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehot rock underground 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edown come the mountains 36\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea river's story 39\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe earth's history book 42\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eground water 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eglaciers 52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe earth through the ages 55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eindex 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpal Irene Sevrey\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Michigan and was a public school teacher. She served in WW II in the Army Air Corps as a WAC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMildred Waltrip\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of Kentucky, she studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she graduated in 1934. She travelled and studied in Europe on a fellowship and returned tot he United States to do freelance work in New York and Chicago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Living Library Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837977813178,"sku":"9780692090718","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_14ffe37f-9cfa-47b1-982b-ca196e87b631.jpg?v=1778468262","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-first-book-of-the-earth","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}