Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface

Children's Literature - Jamaica Johnson Conner

An informative look at the effects of erosion, this text, which is a part of the "Amazing Science" series, blends video game—stylized illustrations with scientific facts. The table of contents divides the information into the following sections: "The Forces of Change," "Dripping Rain," "Roaring Rivers," "Crashing Waves," "Frozen Erosion," "Carving Caves," "Whipping Winds," "Fast Erosion," "Living with Erosion," "Make a River," and "Erosion Extras." All sections, beginning with "The Forces of Change" and ending with "Living with Erosion," provide a fun fact. One fun fact states "Painters use strong blasts of air filled with sand to remove old paint and dirt from stone walls. This process is called sandblasting." In the "Make a River" portion, directions to create an experimental river are supplied. Erosion Extras lists extra definitions, such as bioerosion, pollution and erosion, acid rain, and rivers of ice, and includes a glossary defining dunes, landscapes, passages, stalactites, and stalagmites. A reference page entitled "To Learn More" offers suggestions for further reading, a helpful Internet site, an index, and recommends other books in the series.