“What is geography for? To get to know what the surface of the Earth looks like.” So begins this First Discovery book for second through fourth graders. Illustrators Ute Fuhr and Raoul Sautai have created mountain, coastline, valley, plain, delta, river valley, the Grand Canyon, and volcanic island landscapes with distinct geographic features labeled. The text across the top of the page is over simplified without supporting details. The readers will enjoy the four transparent pages flipping them back and forth to see the before and after erosion scenes.

This book is made of heavy board pages with sturdy metal comb binding.