This series has been designed to give children an insight into the world of science and technology. Each book explores and explains the latest scientific knowledge and is illustrated with explanatory diagrams and colour photographs. This book looks in detail at the Earth in space, gravity and magnetism, the structure of the Earth, the continents, continental drift and plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building, faults and folds, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, weathering and water, ice, wind and man-made erosion. Other books by the author include "Resources of the Earth", "Geology, Forests, Minerals, Rocks and Fossils" and "The New Dinosaur Library".