The Spectacular Science of Planet Earth is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about earthquakes and volcanoes, weather and geology -- and that parents often struggle to answer. Did you know what causes an Ice Age? Or how a diamond forms? And where can you stand in a dinosaur footprint?

Includes index.

Introducing our planet -- The young Earth -- Living planet -- Shifting plates -- The Andes -- Ice ages -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- The rock cycle -- Caves -- The Grand Canyon -- Fossils -- The Jurassic Coast -- Watery planet -- Blue planet -- Atmosphere -- Magnetic planet -- Stormy planet -- Violent skies -- Climate change -- Future planet.