Mis primeros conocimientos: La tierra, Astronomía y Meteorología

by Opal Irene Sevrey, Vivian Grey, Rose Wyler

A republication of the 1958 book by Irene Sevrey with illustrations by Mildred Waltrip, The First Book of the Earth is an elementary level natural history book that was written during a time when children's books held a student's interest and imagination because they were "living" rather than simply based on factoids and vivid pictures. It is a wonderful introduction to the subject of geology and covers the earth as a planet in the solar system and the physics of how it circles the sun, thereby defining our days and years. It then moves on to describing the earth's origin as scientists understand it and takes up the topics of the earth's composition, its structure, molecular makeup, rock families, minerals, volcanoes and earthquakes, mountains and their formation, and how glaciers and rivers affect the shaping of the earth's surface. The book ends by briefly discussing dinosaurs and the possible aging techniques used to date the earth's age in terms of epochs or periods.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

Reviews

[Sandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book with my 10 year old son. We both enjoyed it. I appreciated the illustrations but would have enjoyed them if they were a bit more detailed. The book had an old earth point if view, but as a creationist I was able to still appreciate the book. Appreciated the big overview of geology, but would have been fun to have a little more about the three types of rock families.

[Ardyth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not horrible (at least in the 16 pages we managed to finish), but can't hold a candle to Rocks, Rivers, and the Changing Earth: A first book about geology. Buy that one instead