Earth

Earth (otherwise known as the world, in Greek: Γαῖα Gaia, or in Latin: Terra) is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Earth"

The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth (Our Universe, 6)

Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us

Solar Bear: An Empowering Picture Book About Endangered Animals and Caring for Our Planet for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough

Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day

Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism

Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change

Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution

Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground

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Earth Books

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

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Lists

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

The Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Best of Natural History

361 books — 68 voters

Leo Gray and the Lunar Eclipse by K.J. Kruk

Amelia, the Moochins and the Sapphire Palace by Evonne Blanchard

If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty

Amelia, the Venutons and the Golden Cage by Evonne Blanchard

Best Space Books For Kids

83 books — 100 voters

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Moral Compass to Be, or Not to Be by Bryant Johnson

A Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami Decristofano

Great Space Books for Families (Digital Formats)

14 books — 3 voters

Animal Migration

35 books — 7 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

4 Elements- Earth, Air, Fire, & Water

397 books — 19 voters

What's in the Egg, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson

Preschool-'E'

8 books — 2 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Earth”

“ Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ”
― Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

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