{"id":1448,"date":"2017-04-23T06:51:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T06:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2018-03-26T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:58:07","slug":"what-on-earth-explore-create-and-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/what-on-earth-explore-create-and-investigate\/","title":{"rendered":"What on Earth? Explore, create and investigate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1449\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1449\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/what-on-earth-explore-create-and-investigate\/what-on-earth-wind\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-wind.jpg?fit=304%2C397\" data-orig-size=\"304,397\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"What on earth wind\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-wind.jpg?fit=304%2C397\" class=\"wp-image-1449 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-wind.jpg?resize=230%2C300\" alt=\"What on earth: Wind - cover image and web purchase link\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-wind.jpg?resize=230%2C300 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-wind.jpg?w=304 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy this book from The Dolphin...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>An exciting new series of books which explore natural elements about the earth and how that impacts on our lives. They are full of questions and answers, experiments and results and children can form conclusions on aspects of our world which affect them every day.Written and illustrated by Isabel Thomas and \u00a0Pau Morgan and published by QED.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really love the way the books are laid out, with a contents page and glossary, templates and reference points. The illustrations are very appealing and with a pastel range palette of colours and images.<\/p>\n<p>The books are produced in a most attractive way being half way between hard back and paper back. They have a real open the book feel about them!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What on Earth? Wind<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"918717\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/23\/the-new-baby-and-me-by-christine-kidney-illustrator-hoda-haddadi\/buythisbookbutton2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" data-orig-size=\"317,75\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buyThisbookButton2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?w=317 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 This book is packed with information and the titles and text is laid out in a way which is engaging and interesting. On the page called Ships Ahoy there is a world map with info about the trade winds and how the winds influenced the methods of sailing around the world. On the page, inside a storm, the formation of tornadoes is demonstrated and then an experiment to create a tornado in a bottle, \u00a0great stuff!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What on Earth? Water<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1450\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1450\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/what-on-earth-explore-create-and-investigate\/what-on-earth-water\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-water..jpg?fit=311%2C405\" data-orig-size=\"311,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"What on earth water.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-water..jpg?fit=311%2C405\" class=\"wp-image-1450 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-water..jpg?resize=230%2C300\" alt=\"What on Earth: Water - cover image and web purchase link\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-water..jpg?resize=230%2C300 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/What-on-earth-water..jpg?w=311 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy this book from The Dolphin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Water cycles, our watery world and water and our planets are some of the sections, which then have a double page for a subject, such as racing to the sea\u2026 erosion, make a water wheel and water on other worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Racing to the sea has colourful blocks of text which explain aspects of water from river to sea on a background of mountains, hills and shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>QED have a wealth of expertise in producing fiction titles in a format which is very appealing and stylish and make great books to start a journey into exploration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/isabelthomas.co.uk\">Isabel Thomas<\/a>\u00a0is a Science writer and children\u2019s author, shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People\u2019s Book Prize 2016, with 130 titles published.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paumorgan.com\">Pau Morgan \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0is an illustrator based in Chile with an amazing porftolio of work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plasso.com\/s\/C3qg5LVWSB-dolphin-boooksellers-for-younger-readers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"918717\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/23\/the-new-baby-and-me-by-christine-kidney-illustrator-hoda-haddadi\/buythisbookbutton2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" data-orig-size=\"317,75\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buyThisbookButton2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?fit=317%2C75\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-918717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?resize=300%2C71 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/buyThisbookButton2.png?w=317 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 We really recommend these titles for children any age or \u00a0especially for 6- 9 years.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Martin<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1392\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/22\/surprise-surprise-and-monster-daly\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-dolphinlogo2012imageright3.jpg?fit=90%2C90\" data-orig-size=\"90,90\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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