Young Readers Learn About Various Landforms Through Simple Text And Photos.

Learn all about landforms, or different shapes of land on the Earth.

The Earth is made up of shapes. The shapes make up landforms. Find out about all of Earth’s landforms. Paired to the fiction title A Long Car Ride.

Earth landforms can look very different from place to place. They can be hills, flat or valleys. They can be water from ponds, rivers lakes or oceans. Landforms can change their shape with earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, mudslides or erosion. Some of these changes take a long time, and other changes happen quickly. This nonfiction Beginning-to-Read book contains high-frequency words and content vocabulary. Connecting Concepts pages include a word list along with activities to strengthen early science and literacy skills, such as understanding nonfiction text, science in the real world, science and academic language, fluency, and finding further information. Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards for Grades K-3. Note to Caregiver provided.

Plateaus are sometimes called tablelands, which is a nickname that makes sense since plateaus have flat tops that often resemble the smooth surface of a table. Your readers will learn about these unique landforms, from how they form their signature flat tops to where they are found around the world. Accessible text is paired with eye-catching photographs, helping readers learn to identify these remarkable landforms, which is an important part of the elementary social studies curriculum. Key science concepts are discussed, offering a cross-curricular guide to plateaus.

Wind and water move sand and soil and carve rock. Enormous plates of land push against each other and create mountains. Find out how these incredible changes on Earth have happened over time.